1 Chronicles 17:20:51 Chr.17.20.W5TAB
אֱלֹהִ֖ים
elohim
“God”
- Transliteration
- e-lo-HIM
- Extended
- eh-loh-HEEM
- IPA
- /ʔɛloˈhiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- God
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 | |
| 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
e-lo-HIM
- phraseyour reading level
ve-EN e-lo-HIM
- clause
ye-ho-VAH EN ka-MO-kha ve-EN e-lo-HIM zu-la-TE-kha
- sentence
ye-ho-VAH EN ka-MO-kha ve-EN e-lo-HIM zu-la-TE-kha be-KHOL a-SHER-sha-MA-e-nu be-oz-NE-nu
Exegesis
A parallel clause begins with the conjunction vav and another ein {וְאֵ֥ן | wə-ʾēn} ‘there is not,’ employing ʾĕlōhîm {אֱלֹהִים | ʾĕ-lō-hîm} in an exceptive zūlātəḵā {זוּלָתֶךָ | zū-lā-ṯə-ḵā} ‘except you’ construction to assert exclusive monotheism.
Root and etymology
aleph-lamed-heʾ-l-h
“mighty one”
In context — 1 Chronicles 17:20
LORD , there is none like You; there is no God besides You in all that we have heard with our ears.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 17:20:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Chronicles 17:20, so the Hebrew word אֱלֹהִ֖ים (elohim) 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.17.20.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.17.20.W5.S1) and character.