The Hebrew word Eloah is the singular form of Elohim (H430). While Elohim is used over 2,500 times, Eloah appears about 57 times, concentrated especially in the book of Job. It emphasizes the singular, personal, transcendent majesty of God.
Eloah is the word Job and his friends use almost exclusively when speaking of God — it appears 41 times in Job alone. This singular, archaic form of the divine name feels more personal and ancient, stripping away the plurality of Elohim to address the one God directly. In Job's case, this is deeply significant: his dispute is not with some committee of deities but with the one God who holds all power and all answers. The New Testament preserves this form in the Aramaic equivalent Elah, which Jesus cried from the cross: 'Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?' — 'My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?' (Matthew 27:46). Eloah is the cry of the sufferer reaching up to the Almighty.