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Amen --- Furthermore, the evidence for the Triune nature of God is found well back in the Old Testament. The Hebrew word for "God" [Elohiym] is a plural form of "eloahh" but it receives a singular verb and it thus is translated in the singular, implying a plurality that acts as a united entity.

Also the Hebrew word for "One" in the SHAMA is "echad" which means "unity, altogether, togetherness". It likewise suggests a unity of several elements acting as one going one way or the other.

Thus the Hebrew SHAMA which reads thus: "Hear O Israel, the Lord [YHWH] our God [Elohiym] is one [echad] Lord"[Deut 6:4] actually testifies to the unity in plurality or plurality in unity of the God of Israel.

As far as the Triune nature of the God of Israel, Isaiah records: "I have not spoken in secret from the beginning, from the time it was there am I [Jesus], and now the Lord God [the Father] and His Spirit [the Holy Spirit] hath sent me." [Isaiah 48:16]

Isaiah again records: "The Spirit [Holy Spirit] of the Lord God [the Father] is upon me [Jesus]...". [Isaiah 61:1]

Also an interesting note: The primary root words of the Hebrew language are triune consonants: "malak, yadah, zarach, hadar......" --- three separate consonants [or letters]acting together to create a singular meaning: a trinitarian unity, so to speak. Thus the very character of the Hebrew words themselves testify to the "triune" nature of the God to Israel.

The Hebrew word for "God" [Elohiym] is a plural form of "eloahh" but it receives a singular verb and it thus is translated in the singular, implying a plurality that acts as a united entity

Deu 6:4 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God [is] one LORD:

You say God is a plurality based on a name, yet the OT clearly states that despite implications of plurality, God is one.

Gal 3:20 Now a mediator is not [a mediator] of one, but God is one.

Even the New Teatament clearly states that God is one, not a plurality.

Niiiiiice.

Amen --- Furthermore, the evidence for the Triune nature of God is found well back in the Old Testament. The Hebrew word for "God" [Elohiym] is a plural form of "eloahh" but it receives a singular verb and it thus is translated in the singular, implying a plurality that acts as a united entity.

Word games using Elohim and Echad found here:

http://www.torahofmessiah.com/elohim.html