[Avodah] kingly G-d

[Micha Berger]

On Wed, Sep 03, 2008 at 06:36:32PM +0300, Eli Turkel wrote:
: Thus there is no pasuk in the Torah where G-d himself describes
: himself as king. Only 3 verses of praise by men that use this
: description

Ein melekh belo am.

The key to declaring Him "Melekh" is that it means He rules with
the will of the people. Otherwise, the term would be "Mosheil". See
<http://www.aishdas.org/asp/2005/09/coronating-g-d.shtml> for my take
of the Gra's more lengthy discussion of this point.

But it would make sense then that it's people who declare Him "Melekh"

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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