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

Result
הֽ͏ָ + אֱ + לֹ + הִ֔ים
ha + e + lo + him
haelohim

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Qametslong 'ah'
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Hateph Segholreduced 'eh'
Lamedl as in law
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ha-e-lo-HIM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    be-E-zor ha-e-lo-HIM

  3. 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

  4. 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 context1 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.