Elohim 'elohiym Hebrew: (אֱלֹהִים m. "God" Dan 11:38;Hab 1:11) is a word that expresses concepts of divinity. It consists of the Hebrew word Eloah (Hebrew: אֱלוֹהַּ 'elowahh "God") with a plural suffix.
Twenty years ago at Harvard Law School, a 30-year-old Barack Obama urged his fellow law students to “open up your hearts and minds to the words of Professor Derrick Bell,” a man who courageously spoke “the truth.” Central to that “truth” was the belief that white racism is a permanent, ineradicable aspect of American life, and that “slavery is, as an example of what white America has done, a constant reminder of what white America might do.”