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A:The earliest mention of the Hebrew God is by the Hebrew name YHWH (or in modern Hebrew, YHVH), which is believed to have been pronounced 'Yahweh'. The meaning is unknown, but various attempts have been made to associate the name with similar common Hebrew words or phrases.

The Bible frequently mentions an association between the Midianites and Moses, and there is strong biblical evidence that associates YHWH with a mountain in Midian, a territory to the east of the Gulf of Aqaba. The Midianite storm god was called YHW, a close spelling to the name of the Hebrew God, and some scholars believe that Yahweh originated from the Midianite YHW.

On the other hand, the Elohist, an anonymous source who contributed to the material that is now in the Pentateuch, referred to his God by the name, 'Elohim, and portrayed him as a more transcendential God than Yahweh. Elohim seems to have been merged over time with Yahweh, but need not originally have been the same God as Yahweh. Elohim was probably the Hebrew version of the Canaanite father of the gods, known as El (In Hebrew, El is the singular for a god, while Elohim is the plural but when used in a singular context or with a singular verb is considered to refer to God).

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