1F “Il [vero] Dio” Ebr. haʼElohìm
Il titolo ʼElohìm, quando è preceduto dall’articolo determinativo ha, forma l’espressione haʼElohìm. Questa espressione ricorre 376 volte nel M. In 368 luoghi si riferisce al vero Dio, Geova, e in 8 luoghi si riferisce ad altri dèi.
ZorellEbr, p. 54, dice: “Nelle Sacre Scritture specialmente il solo vero Dio, Jahve, è designato con questa parola; a) האלהים ὁ θεός Ge 5:22; 6:9, 11; 17:18; 20:6; Eso 3:12; 19:17 e in parecchi libri scritti in prosa; יהוה הוא האלהים ‘Jahve è il [solo vero] Dio’ De 4:35; 4:39; Gsè 22:34; 2Sa 7:28; 1Re 8:60 ecc.”. — Le quadre e il corsivo sono dell’autore.
La Traduzione del Nuovo Mondo rende haʼElohìm “il [vero] Dio” in tutti i 368 luoghi in cui si riferisce a Geova eccetto tre (vedi 1Sa 4:8, 8; 6:20). Segue un elenco delle 368 volte in cui ricorre haʼElohìm riferito a Geova: Ge 5:22, 24; 6:2, 4, 9, 11; 17:18; 20:6, 17; 22:1, 3, 9; 27:28; 31:11; 35:7; 41:25, 28, 32, 32; 42:18; 44:16; 45:8; 48:15, 15; Eso 1:17, 21; 2:23; 3:1, 6, 11, 12, 13; 4:20, 27; 14:19; 17:9; 18:5, 12, 16, 19, 19; 19:3, 17, 19; 20:20, 21; 21:6, 13; 22:8, 9; 24:11, 13; Nu 22:10; 23:27; De 4:35, 39; 7:9; 33:1; Gsè 14:6; 22:34; 24:1; Gdc 6:20, 36, 39; 7:14; 13:6, 6, 8, 9, 9; 16:28; 18:31; 20:2, 27; 21:2; 1Sa 4:4, 8, 8, 13, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22; 5:1, 2, 10, 10, 11; 6:20; 9:7, 8, 10; 10:3, 5, 7; 14:18, 18, 36; 2Sa 2:27; 6:2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 7, 12, 12; 7:2, 28; 12:16; 14:17, 20; 15:24, 24, 25, 29; 16:23; 19:27; 1Re 8:60; 12:22, 22; 13:4, 5, 6, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 14, 14, 21, 26, 29, 31; 17:18; 18:21, 24, 24, 37, 39, 39; 19:8; 20:28; 2Re 1:9, 11, 12, 13; 4:7, 16, 21, 22, 25, 25, 27, 27, 40, 42; 5:8, 14, 15, 20; 6:6, 9, 10, 15; 7:2, 17, 18, 19; 8:2, 4, 7, 8, 11; 13:19; 19:15; 23:16, 17; 1Cr 5:22; 6:48, 49; 9:11, 13, 26, 27; 13:5, 6, 7, 8, 12, 12, 14; 14:11, 14, 15, 16; 15:1, 2, 15, 24, 26; 16:1, 1, 6, 42; 17:2, 21, 26; 21:7, 8, 15, 17; 22:1, 2, 19, 19; 23:14, 28; 24:5; 25:5, 5, 6; 26:20, 32; 28:3, 12, 21; 29:7; 2Cr 1:3, 4; 3:3; 4:11, 19; 5:1, 14; 7:5; 8:14; 9:23; 10:15; 11:2; 13:12, 15; 15:18; 18:5; 19:3; 22:12; 23:3, 9; 24:7, 9, 13, 16, 20, 27; 25:7, 8, 9, 9, 20, 24; 26:5, 5, 7; 28:24, 24; 29:36; 30:12, 16, 19; 31:13, 14, 21; 32:16, 31; 33:7, 13; 35:8; 36:16, 18, 19; Esd 1:3, 4, 5; 2:68; 3:2, 8, 9; 6:22; 8:36; 10:1, 6, 9; Ne 4:15; 5:13; 6:10; 7:2; 8:6, 8, 16, 18; 9:7; 10:28, 29, 29; 11:11, 16, 22; 12:24, 36, 40, 43; 13:1, 7, 9, 11; Gb 1:6; 2:1, 10; Sl 87:3; 90:sopr; Ec 2:24, 26; 3:11, 14, 14, 15, 17, 18; 5:1, 2, 2, 6, 7, 18, 19, 20; 6:2, 2; 7:13, 14, 26, 29; 8:12, 15, 17; 9:1, 7; 11:5, 9; 12:7, 13, 14; Isa 37:16; 45:18; Ger 35:4; Ez 31:9; Da 1:2, 9, 17; 9:3, 11; Gna 1:6; 3:9, 10, 10; 4:7.
Nei seguenti otto luoghi haʼelohìm si riferisce ad altri dèi: Eso 18:11; 22:20; De 10:17; Gdc 10:14; 2Cr 2:5; Sl 86:8; 136:2; Ger 11:12.