Although I didn't use the link, @kingkutdabarber is right. It is one of the attributes/names of God in the Torah, used many times throughout.

Well. I can't so easily accept that he is right as you can. In the articles I wrote, they stated that they don't know where it originated, they have theories, but they don't know. So.. I'll assume that your translation is probably the earliest and most reliably known source.
But.. I have a feeling it goes back even further, perhaps to languages lost to history.

In regards to al and el.. I appreciate your distinction, however the word you referenced was "the" and "el" is also "the" in Spanish.. Which evolved from latin, so.. You know.. I don't necessarily see a problem there at all, it fits. "The" is or can be a metaphor for God.

Also in regards to the Satanism confusion, I think they get this because a lot of secret society people believe in Lucifer, and.. I think the disconnect though is that they see Lucifer as a good guy who rebelled from the corrupt god and sometimes they also see him as the necessary dual dark part of god, as opposed to the Christians or conspiracy theorists types who see it all as like Satanic and evil.

Sorry for the super delayed response, and I still haven't tried steemit chat yet, but I hope to soon.