1 Chronicles 15:26:31 Chr.15.26.W3TAB
הֽ͏ָאֱלֹהִ֔ים
haelohim
“God”
- Transliteration
- ha-e-lo-HIM
- Extended
- haa-eh-loh-HEEM
- IPA
- /haʔɛloˈhiːm/
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 |
Tap any letter to hear its name and sound
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
ha-e-lo-HIM
- phraseyour reading level
be-E-zor ha-e-lo-HIM
- clause
va-ye-HI be-E-zor ha-e-lo-HIM ET-ha-le-vi-YIM no-se-E a-RON be-RIT-ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-ye-HI be-E-zor ha-e-lo-HIM ET-ha-le-vi-YIM no-se-E a-RON be-RIT-ye-ho-VAH va-yiz-be-KHU shiv-a-PA-fa-rim ve-shiv-a E-lim
Exegesis
The next unit, beezor haelohim {בֶּעְזֹ֣ר הֽ͏ָאֱלֹהִ֔ים | bəʿēzōr hāʾĕlōhîm} ‘when God helped,’ uses an infinitive-construct-with-bet to create a temporal setting that also implies cause: the sacrificial action occurs in response to divine assistance.
Root and etymology
ʾ-l-haleph–lamed–he
“God, mighty one”
In context — 1 Chronicles 15:26
And it happened, when God helped the Levites who were bearing the Ark of the covenant of the LORD , that they sacrificed seven bulls and seven rams.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 15:26:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Chronicles 15:26, so the Hebrew word הֽ͏ָאֱלֹהִ֔ים (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.15.26.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.15.26.W3.S1) and character.