WORLD RELIGIONS

Detailed explanation-1: -When referring to Yahweh, elohim very often is accompanied by the article ha-, to mean, in combination, “the God, ‘’ and sometimes with a further identification Elohim ḥayyim, meaning “the living God.” Though Elohim is plural in form, it is understood in the singular sense.

Detailed explanation-2: -As Judaism became a universal rather than merely a local religion, the more common Hebrew noun Elohim (plural in form but understood in the singular), meaning “God, ‘’ tended to replace Yahweh to demonstrate the universal sovereignty of Israel’s God over all others.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Tetragrammaton (/ˌtɛtrəˈɡræmətɒn/; from Ancient Greek (tetragrámmaton) ‘[consisting of] four letters’), or the Tetragram, is the four-letter Hebrew theonym (transliterated as YHWH), the name of God in the Hebrew Bible.