Genesis 1:28
וַ יְבָרֶךְ אֹתָם אֶלֹהִים וַ יֹּאמֶר לָהֶם אֶלֹהִים פְּרוּ וּ רְבוּ וּ מִלְאוּ אֶת הָ אָרֶץ וְ כִבְשֻׁהָ וּ רְדוּ בִּ דְגַת הַ יָּם וּ בְ עֹוף הַ שָּׁמַיִם וּ בְ כָל חַיָּה הָ רֹמֶשֶׂת עַל הָ אָרֶץ
And he is blessing/kneeling elohim אֶת-them, and he is saying to-themselves, `Elohim, be fruitful, and be abundant, and fill אֶת-the Earth, and subdue her,52 and rule in a fish of the Sea, and in a flying-one of the Dual-Heavens, and in the whole of the living-one of the One-who-glides upon the Earth.`
| 51 | elohim is saying to themselves,`Elohim... It is not the way of the Hebrew to be pointlessly redundant in the text (i.e. "Elohim is blessing them, and Elohim is saying to them...") Rather, Elohim is shaping himself to make himself, thus, when he speaks to them, he naturally addresses them, "Elohim..." |