GOD OF THE SEA

Power OF THE SEA

..."In the beginning created 'ALHYM, even the Heavens and even the Earth"... -GENESIS 1: 1

The Divine Epithet 'ALHYM in the above Scripture at -GENESIS 1: 1, according to scholars of today is a so-called Plural of Majesty, which they claim is pronounce as: "Elohim" and which they give the meaning as: "God(s)".

The Divine Epithet 'ALHYM should correctly be rendered in the English language as: 'ALHaYaM which is to say: "Power of the Sea"; and not as "Elohim" which means: "God(s)". 'Alohim/"Elohim"
is a plural form because of it's plural suffix 'Aloh(im)/"Eloh(im)" and in this form, in it's ordinary sense, makes it mean: "Gods". The singular form of the epithet 'Aloh(im)/"Eloh(im)" is 'Aloah/"Eloah".

Please let us now consider -GENESIS 1: 2

..."And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And HRWKH 'ALHYM (Ha RUKHa 'ALHaYaM = "The Spirit Power of The Sea") moved upon the face of the water"... -GENESIS 1: 2

Please Take Note:

..."And HRWKH 'ALHYM (Ha RUKHa 'ALHaYaM = "The Spirit Power of The Sea") moved upon the face of the water"..

At the ancient city of Sidon the Kenaani (Canaanite) Deity YaM-NaHaR, meaning: "Sea-River", was the chief rival of Baal, meaning: "Master", for kingship among the Kenaani (Canaanite) Pantheon of Deities.

YaM-NaHaR, meaning: "Sea-River", sometimes took the guise of a Storm or Wind-Deity. His Personal name was YW. For instance, in the Kenaani (Canaanite) Epic of Baal and Yam, 'AL, speaking to Athiratu-yammi (called Elat = Dessese) about their son YaM says:

..."The name of my son is YW, Oh Dessese"...

The Personal name YW of the Kenaani (Canaanite) Deity YaM-NaHaR is intriguingly similar to the Personal name of the 'Abari (Hebrew) Deity, YHWH.

There is a similarity of the names (YW and YHWH) on one hand and a similarity of roles on the other hand. Baal was considered to be the chief rival of YHWH by the ancient 'Abarim (Hebrews). Baal was also the chief rival of YW for the ancient Kenaani (Canaanites). This identification is certainly a certain one.

The ancient Kenaani (Canaanites) intermarried with the ancient 'Abarim (Hebrews). The Deity that each held to be the King of the Deities was the one and the very same Deity.

Like the Kenaani (Canaanites), the ancient 'Abarim (Hebrews) regarded the PERSONAL Name of their tribal Deity, YHWH, as too sacred for common use, and they usually called him simply 'Adonai (My Deity), or sometimes, Baal (Master) or Baali (My Master).

Please consider -HOSEA 2: 16-17

...And it shall be on that day, says YHWH, that you shall call me, 'AYSHY (Personal), and shall call Me no more Baali (My Baal). For I will take away the names of the Baals out of her (Israel's) mouth, and they shall no more remember their name"... -HOSEA 2: 16-17

Please Take Note:

..."You shall call me, 'AYSHY (Personal), and shall call Me no more Baali (My Master)"...

There are even parallels between the Kenaani (Canaanite) Baal and the 'Abari (Hebrew) YHWH which are quite detailed. For instance, the Kenaanim (Canaanites) referred to Baal as ..."The Rider On The Clouds"... (in His role as the Deity of Storms and War) -KTU 1.3 II 40, and the ancient 'Abari (Hebrews) referred to YHWH by the same euphemism -PSALM 68: 5.

The Kenaani (Canaanite) Baal and the 'Abari (Hebrew) YHWH are both portrayed as overcoming YaM ("the Sea") and the enemies within it -PSALM 74: 13; -JOB 7: 12; -JOB 26: 12; -JOB 38: 8, and His henchman Lotan called the Fleeing Serpent, the Twisty Serpent, Potentate with Seven Heads and, in 'Abari (Hebrew), Leviathan -ISAIAH 27:1 and -PSALM 74:13-14; -JOB 3:8; -JOB 40: 25 or -JOB 41: 1. YHWH took over the historical role of Baal in ancient 'Abari (Hebrew) folklore and is best understood as the ancient 'Abari (Hebrew) equivalent of that Hamitic Kenaani (Canaanite) Deity.

The origin of the name of the Deity of the ancient 'Abarim (Hebrews) is obviously also Hamitic Kenaani (Canaanite). That YHWH was originally a name of a son of 'AL is attested by a Kenaani (Canaanite) document -KTU 1.1 IV 14 from Ugarit. It reads:

..."SM . BNY . YW . ILT"... Which translates as:

..."The name of my Son is YW"...

The ancient Kenaani (Canaanite) Deity YéW (pronounced as: YeH-oo; of which the long form YHWH pronounced as: YeH-oo-aH) was simply the personal name of YaM-NaHaR ("Sea-River") a son of 'AL. Who took on the guise of a Storm or Wind-Deity and who was part of the Kenaani (Canaanite) pantheon of Deities.

Later, as the National Deity of the ancient kingdom of Israel, YHWH was equated with the Kenaani (Canaanite) Supreme Deity 'AL. Please consider the following:

..."And 'ALHaYaM spoke to Moses and said to him, I YHWH, Who appeared to 'AbraHam, to Isaac, and to Jacob, by the name of 'AL Shaddai; but My name YHWH I did not make known to them"...
-EXODUS 6: 2-3

Please Take Note:

..."I YHWH, Who appeared to 'AbraHam, to Isaac, and to Jacob, by the name of 'AL Shaddai; but My name YHWH I did not make known to them"...

And so 'Asherah (Athiratu-yammi = "She who walks on the Sea"), who was originally the consort of 'AL; then became the consort of YHWH. Please consider the following:

..."And he set up even image the Asherah (Athiratu-yammi) that he made in the house of which had said YHWH to David and to Solomon his son, in this house and in Jerusalem, that I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put My name forever"... -2 KINGS 21: 7

Asherah (Athiratu-yammi) was the mother of 70 deities, including Baal (whose father was Dagon).