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    El

    Northwest Semitic word for "god"

    El is a Northwest Semitic word meaning 'god' or 'deity', or referring to any one of multiple major ancient Near Eastern deities. A rarer form, 'ila, represents the predicate form in the Old Akkadian and Amorite languages. The word is derived from the Proto-Semiticʔil-. Specific deities known as 'El, 'Al or 'Il include the supreme god of the ancient Canaanite religion and the supreme god of East Semitic speakers in Early Dynastic Period of Mesopotamia. Among the Hittites, El was known as Elkunirsa. Although El gained different appearances and meanings in different languages over time, it continues to exist as -il or -el in compound proper noun phrases such as Ishmael, Israel, Samuel, Daniel, Raphael, Michael, and Gabriel. Wikipedia

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  2. en.wikipedia.org

    El (/ ɛ l / EL; also ' Il, Ugaritic: 𐎛𐎍 ʾīlu; Phoenician: 𐤀𐤋 ʾīl; [6] Hebrew: אֵל ʾēl; Syriac: ܐܺܝܠ ʾīyl; Arabic: إل ʾil or إله ʾilāh [clarification needed]; cognate to Akkadian: 𒀭, romanized: ilu) is a Northwest Semitic word meaning 'god' or 'deity', or referring (as a proper name) to any one of multiple major ancient Near Eastern deities.
  3. britannica.com

    El, the general term for "deity" in Semitic languages as well as the name of the chief deity of the West Semites. In the ancient texts from Ras Shamra (ancient Ugarit) in Syria, El was described as the titular head of the pantheon, husband of Asherah, and father of all the other gods (except for Baal).His most common epithet was "the Bull," but he was also sometimes called "Creator ...
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  4. newworldencyclopedia.org

    El was found at the top of a list of gods in the ruins of the Royal Library of the Ebla civilization in Syria, dated to 2300 B.C.E. For the Canaanites, El or Ilu was the supreme god and the father of mankind, although a distant and somewhat aloof one. He may have been a desert god originally, for he reportedly built a sanctuary in the desert ...
  5. abarim-publications.com

    The little word אל ('el) and its slightly larger sibling אלה (eloah) are very common in Hebrew and have a great many meanings. Which one was originally personified in the deity is no longer obvious, and the original name El may not even be among the many regular Hebrew אל-words.In fact, our name may have been imported into the Semitic language basin from elsewhere, possibly the north.
  6. spanishdict.com

    "El" is a form of "el", a definite article which is often translated as "the". "Él" is a form of "él", a pronoun which is often translated as "he". Learn more about the difference between "el" and "él" below. el (ehl) A definite article is a word that identifies a noun as specific or known to the speaker (e.g., the girl).
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