Allāhumma (Arabic:ٱللَّٰهُمَّ) is an arabic term of address forAllah, inIslam. The word looks similar to the wordElohim but are not in the same meaning.Allah is the word ''Ilah'' (god) with the addition of ''Al-'' (The), Ilah already derived from the singular form ofElohim, ''Eloh'' (Hebrew:אֱלֹהִ,romanized: ʾĔlōh[(ʔ)eloˈ(h)]).[1]
It is translated as "O Allāh" and is seen as the equivalent of "Yā Allāh". Some grammarians (such asSibawayh) argue that it is an abbreviation of يا ألله أمّنا بخير (yā ʾallāhu ʾummanā bi-khayr)[2] (with the meaning of "O God, lead us in goodness");[3] others have argued that the suffix ـ مَّ (-mma) takes the place of yā ('' O' '').[4]
Elohim (Hebrew:אֱלֹהִים,romanized: ʾĔlōhīm[(ʔ)eloˈ(h)im]) is a Hebrew word meaning "gods". Although the word isplural (eg.majestic plural) in form, in theHebrew Bible it most often takes singular verbal or pronominalagreement and refers to a singledeity, particularly but not always theGod of Judaism. In other verses it takes plural agreement and refers to gods in the plural
Hafs ibn Albar, a 9th-10th—century Christian Visigothic author inAl-Andalus, translated the BiblicalPsalms into Arabic.Rather than using the standard word for God, "Allah", he usedAllahumma.
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