Elohiym

Archangels Michael and Gabriel in Saint Catherine's Monastery, Mount Sinai

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Elohiym אֱלֹהִים

H430

Original: אלהים

Transliteration: 'ĕlôhı̂ym

Phonetic: el-o-heem'

BDB Definition:

1. (plural)
   1. rulers, judges
   2. divine ones
   3. angels
   4. gods
2. (plural intensive - singular meaning)
   1. god, goddess
   2. godlike one
   3. works or special possessions of God
   4. the (true) God
   5. God

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The King James Version translates Strongs H430 in the following manner: God (2,346x), god (244x), judge (5x), GOD (1x), goddess (2x), great (2x), mighty (2x), angels (1x), exceeding (1x), God-ward (with H4136) (1x), godly (1x).

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King James Version Transliterates Elohiym as Angels 

God And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God (elohiym) ascending and descending on it. - Gen 28:12

And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God (elohiym) met him. - Gen 32:1

For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, (elohiym) and hast crowned him with glory and honour. -Psa 8:5

The chariots of God (elohiym) are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels: the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place - Psa 68:17

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"When seven are used; they represent the planetary angels called by the Jews “Elohim”, whose numerical and Qabbalistic values are also seven."- Melchizedek And the Mystery of Fire by Manly P. Hall pg. 18

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The Elohiym's  Works  

Creation

Day 1

1. They created the heaven and the earth.  Genesis 1:1

2.  They said, Let there be light: and there was light. - Genesis 1:3

3. They divided the light from the darkness called the light Day, and the darkness they called Night. - Genesis 1:5

Day 2

1. They said let there be a firmament and made the firmament,  they called the firmament Heaven.  - Genesis 1:6-8

Day 3

5.  They said, Let the waters, they called seas  under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land, they called earth, appear -  Genesis 1:9-10

1. They said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.  - Genesis 1:11

Day 4

1. They said  Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven  to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years  and to give light upon the earth: and it was so.  - Genesis 1:14-15

2. They made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night,also the stars   - Genesis 1:16-18

Day 5

1.  They said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life and they created greate whales also fowl that may fly above the earth. -Genesis 1:20-21

2. They blessed them, saying, Be fruitful,and multiply the water, and let fowl multiply the earth.-Genesis 1:22

Day 6

1. They said and made,  the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.- Genesis 1:24-25

2.  They said, Let us make man in our image and they created man male and female created he them, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

They  blessed them, and said, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish  the earth, and subdue it:

and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. - Genesis 1:26-28

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The Elohiym Rest After Preparing For War 

The Elohiym which are defined as the rulers, judges, divine ones or angels finished there work and prepare for war.

Thus the heavens  and the earth were finished, and all the host of them .- Genesis 2:1 King James Version

Heavens here is:

H8064

Transliteration: shâmayim shâmeh

Phonetic: shaw-mah’-yim

BDB Definition:

heaven, heavens, sky
visible heavens, sky
as abode of the stars
as the visible universe

Host here is :

H6635  Transliteration: tsâbâ’ tsebâ’âh

BDB Definition:

that which goes forth, army, war, warfare, host
army, host
host (of organised army)
host (of angels)
of sun, moon, and stars
of whole creation
war, warfare, service, go out to war
service

Thus Genesis 2:1 can be understood better in this way:

Thus the universe  and the earth were finished, (by the Elohiym) and all the army was prepared .

On the seventh day the Elohiym ended their work and rested. They blessed the day because they rested. - Genesis 2:2-3

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Yehovah/YHWH/Jehovah of  the Elohiym 

...the LORD God (Yehovah/Jehovah of the Elohiym) made the earth and the heavens, - Genesis 2:4

Because I will publish (cry out, proclaim) the name of the LORD (Yehovah/Jehovah): ascribe ye greatness unto our God (the Elohiym).

He is the Rock, his work is perfect (complete, whole, entire, sound): for all his ways are judgment: a God (El) of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he. Deuteronomy 32:3-4 King James Version

Yehovah/Jehovah will ascribe greatness unto the Elohiym but El (Shaddai) is just and right.