Elohim Does Not Mean Gods, Judges, Or Anything Like That. The Canaanite Word El, 'God' Is Not Even In It!

That Elohim means Gods, Judges or anything like that is a major misconception. Victor Alexander, a native Aramaic speaker who has translated the New Testament and several books of the Old Testament into ideomatic English (no mean feat!) explains: "In Hebrew the word for God is 'Al-lo-heim,' or 'Elohim.' ... It(s pictograph) represents and means: 'Over the flames.' ... Elohim is singular, because while 'flames' is plural, it is God, singular, Who is 'Over the flames.'"

I have variously thought "flames" to signify us ("You are the light of the world"), the faithful of Israel, and the stars in all the universes. I am certain that Power and Authority "Over the flames" is the divine, invisible Consciousness of the ineffable Most High No-thing beyond all comprehension.