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- El (deity)
Northwest Semitic word for "god"
' ( EL; also Il, ʾīlu; ʾīl; ʾēl; ʾīyl; or ; cognate to) 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. A rarer form, ila, represents the predicate form in the Old Akkadian and Amorite languages. The word is derived from the Proto-Semitic *ʔil-, meaning "god". Wikipedia
