1 Chronicles 16:26:41 Chr.16.26.W4TAB
אֱלִילִ֔ים
elilim
“worthless idols”
- Transliteration
- e-li-LIM
- Extended
- eh-lih-LEEM
- IPA
- /ʔɛliːˈliːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- worthless idols
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Seghol | reduced 'eh' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
e-li-LIM
- sentence
KI KAL-e-lo-HEI ha-am-MIM e-li-LIM va-ye-ho-VAH sha-MA-yim A-SA
Exegesis
This collective category is immediately negated by the predicate elilim {אֱלִילִים | ʾĕ-lî-lîm} ‘idols’.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–lamed–lamed
“vain, worthless”
In context — 1 Chronicles 16:26
For all the gods of the nations are idols, but the LORD made the heavens .
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 16:26:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Chronicles 16:26, so the Hebrew word אֱלִילִ֔ים (elilim) 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.16.26.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.16.26.W4.S1) and character.