1 Chronicles 14:11:91 Chr.14.11.W9TAB
הָֽאֱלֹהִ֧ים
haelohim
“God”
- Transliteration
- ha-e-lo-HIM
- Extended
- haa-eh-loh-HEEM
- IPA
- /haː.ʔɛloˈhiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- God
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Seghol | reduced 'eh' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ha-e-lo-HIM
- phraseyour reading level
pa-RATS ha-e-lo-HIM et-o-ye-VAI
- clause
va-ya-a-LU be-va-al-pe-ra-TSIM va-ya-KEM SHAM da-VID va-yo-MER da-VID pa-RATS ha-e-lo-HIM et-o-ye-VAI be-ya-DI ke-FE-rets MA-yim
- sentence
va-ya-a-LU be-va-al-pe-ra-TSIM va-ya-KEM SHAM da-VID va-yo-MER da-VID pa-RATS ha-e-lo-HIM et-o-ye-VAI be-ya-DI ke-FE-rets MA-yim al-KEN ka-re-U shem-ha-ma-KOM ha-HU BA-al pe-ra-TSIM
Exegesis
In that speech, the verb pāraṣ hā’ĕlōhîm {פָּרַץ הָאֱלֹהִים | pāraṣ hā’ĕlōhîm} “God broke through” uses a breach metaphor for divine intervention, intensified by the simile kəp̄ereṣ māyim {כְּפֶרֶץ מָיִם | kəp̄ereṣ māyim} “like a breaching of waters.”
Root and etymology
ʼ-l-h
“God, deity”
In context — 1 Chronicles 14:11
And they went up to Baal-Perazim, and there David struck them down. Then David said, “God has broken through my enemies by my hand like a break of waters .” Therefore, they called the name of that place Baal-Perazim.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 14:11:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 1 Chronicles 14:11, so the Hebrew word הָֽאֱלֹהִ֧ים (haelohim) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Chr.14.11.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.14.11.W9.S1) and character.