"... The fact that biblical writers label a range of entities as elōhı̂m that they elsewhere take pains to distinguish as lesser than Yahweh tells us quite clearly that we ought not understand elōhı̂m as having to do with a unique set of attributes possessed by only one Being. A biblical writer would use elōhı̂m to label any entity that is not embodied by nature and is a member of the spiritual realm. This “other-worldliness” is an attribute all residents of the spiritual world possess. Every member of the spiritual world can be thought of as elōhı̂m since the term tells us where an entity belongs in terms of its nature. The spiritual realm has rank and hierarchy: Yahweh is the Most High. Biblical writers distinguish Yahweh from other elōhı̂m by means of other descriptors exclusively attributed to him, not by means of the single word elōhı̂m: Biblical writers also assign unique qualities to Yahweh. Yahweh is all-powerful (Jeremiah 32:17, 27; Psalm 72:18; 115:3), the sovereign king over the other elōhı̂m (Psalm 95:3; Daniel 4:35; 1 Kings 22:19), the creator of the other members of his host-council (Psalm 148:1–5; Nehemiah 9:6; compare Job 38:7; Deuteronomy 4:19–20; 17:3; 29:25–26; 32:17; James 1:17) and the lone elōhı̂m who deserves worship from the other elōhı̂m (Psalm 29:1). In fact, Nehemiah 9:6 explicitly declares that Yahweh is unique—there is only one Yahweh (“You alone are Yahweh”) ..."