1 Chronicles 16:25:81 Chr.16.25.W8TAB
עַל־כָּל־אֱלֹהִֽים׃
alkalelohim
“over all gods”
- Transliteration
- al-KAL-e-lo-HIM
- Extended
- ahl-KAAL-eh-loh-HEEM
- IPA
- /ʕal.kɔːl.ʔɛloːˈhiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- over all gods
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
al-KAL-e-lo-HIM
- sentence
KI ga-DOL ye-ho-VAH u-me-hu-LAL me-OD ve-no-RA HU al-KAL-e-lo-HIM
Exegesis
Finally, the comparative prepositional phrase al kol elohim {עַל־כָּל־אֱלֹהִֽים | ʿal kol ʾĕ-lō-hîm} ‘above all gods’ completes the parallelism, asserting supremacy in a two-clause structure.
Root and etymology
ʾ-l-haleph–lamed–he
“mighty one, God”
In context — 1 Chronicles 16:25
For the LORD is great and exceedingly worthy of praise ; and He is awesome above all gods.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 16:25:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Chronicles 16:25, so the Hebrew word עַל־כָּל־אֱלֹהִֽים׃ (alkalelohim) 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.16.25.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.16.25.W8.S1) and character.