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Majestic Plural is Singular

There is much that we all need to unlearn and relearn to come to know who YHWH Elohim truely is. The word Elohim which is translated to God or gods in the King James version of the Bible along with most English Bibles. That translation deals with Hellenistic ideas and a better translation would be Judge or judge. But we are not going to get into deails of that at this time. I am going to focus on the majecstic plural aspect of Elohim.

Elohim is a singular and a majestic plural at the same time. Majestic Plural is is a forgotten grammar applied to kings and queens, and those of high offices such as judges. Majestic Plurals are used to refer to a single person in a high office.

Below are quotes from trusted and reliable sources to help out with this tricky issue. These quotes deal with the English language, along with the Latin and Hebrew languages, which all have their history with the Hebrew scriptures.

The first-person plural pronoun as traditionally used by a sovereign in formal speech to refer to himself (herself) in their role as the monarch.
Majestic Plural Definition – YourDictionary

Using the majestic plural indicates power and greatness. Its Western usage is saved for people who have authority, such as popes, bishops, and monarchs. Often, people of low rank would use this device when speaking to someone in an official capacity.
The majestic plural – What is it? How is the majestic plural used in the Bible?

The royal we, majestic plural (pluralis majestatis), or royal plural, is the use of a plural pronoun (or corresponding plural-inflected verb forms) used by a single person who is a monarch or holds a high office to refer to themselves. A more general term for the use of a we, us, or our to refer to oneself is nosism.
Royal we – Wikipedia

The royal “we” is simply the use of the plural pronoun we in place of the singular pronoun “I”.
Royal “we” – Grammarist

Many languages lack this type of distinction, instead relying on other morphological or discourse features to convey formality. English historically contained the distinction, using the pronouns thou and you, but the familiar thou largely disappeared from the era of Early Modern English onward, with the exception of a few dialects. Additionally, British commoners historically spoke to nobility and royalty using the third person rather than the second person, a practice that has fallen out of favour. English speakers today often employ semantic analogues to convey the mentioned attitudes towards the addressee, such as whether to address someone by given name or surname or whether to use sir or madam. Under a broader classification, T and V forms are examples of honorifics.
T–V distinction – Wikipedia

In the Early Middle Ages (the 5th century to the 10th century), the pronoun voswas used to address the most exalted figures, emperors and popes, who would use the pronoun tuto address a subject. This use was progressively extended to other states and societies, and down the social hierarchy as a mark of respect to individuals of higher rank, religious authority, greater wealth, or seniority within a family. The development was slow and erratic, but a consistent pattern of use is estimated to have been reached in different European societies by the period 1100 to 1500. Use of V spread to upper-class individuals of equal rank, but not to lower class individuals.[7] This may be represented in Brown and Gilman’s notation:
T–V distinction – Wikipedia

The majestic plural, also called the royal plural, is the use of a plural word (such as the pronoun we or us) to refer to a single person. As a type of nosism, the majestic plural emphasizes something or honors someone in a stylistic way. Basically, when a member of royalty, referring to himself, says, “We” instead of “I,” he is using the majestic plural. For example, Queen Victoria, upon hearing a tasteless joke, is said to have replied, “We are not amused.”
What is the majestic plural, and how is it used in the Bible?

The effect of the majestic plural is to indicate greatness, power, and prestige. It is normally reserved for use by nobles, kings, popes, and other persons of high rank when speaking in an official capacity or by those of lower rank when speaking of or to their betters.
What is the majestic plural, and how is it used in the Bible?

The first-person plural pronoun as traditionally used by a sovereign in formal speech to refer to themself in their role as the monarch.
majestic plural – wiktionary

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