How to say "divine" in Arabic

Cognate

Meaningdivine

Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic

إِلَهِيّ

ilāhīאלהי

إلهي

Hebrew · Modern Hebrew

אלוהי

elohiإِلُوهِي

How the two words are related

Cognate

Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.

Arabic root

أ-ل-ه

Hebrew root

א-ל-ה

The adjective from Allāh's own root, ʾ-l-h — Hebrew אֱלֹהִי, 'divine,' matches it exactly, both built the same way from ilāh/אלוה, 'god.'

Related Hebrew word:אלוהיelohiإِلُوهِي

عِنَايَة إِلَهِيَّة

ʿināya ilāhiyyaענאיה אלהיה

divine providence

إِلَهِيَّة

ilāhiyyaאלהיה