1 Chronicles 21:7:31 Chr.21.7.W3TAB
הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים
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 |
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Word in context
- word
ha-e-lo-HIM
- phraseyour reading level
be-e-NE ha-e-lo-HIM
- clause
va-YE-ra be-e-NE ha-e-lo-HIM al-ha-da-VAR ha-ZE
- sentence
va-YE-ra be-e-NE ha-e-lo-HIM al-ha-da-VAR ha-ZE va-YAKH et-yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The idiom be‘eine {בְּעֵינֵ֣י | bə‘êynê} ‘in the eyes of’ conveys subjective divine evaluation, while ha-Elohim {הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים | hāʾĕlōhîm} identifies the judging deity.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–lamed–heh
“God; deity”
In context — 1 Chronicles 21:7
And it was evil in the eyes of God because of this matter , and He struck Israel.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 21:7:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Chronicles 21:7, so the Hebrew word הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים (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.21.7.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.21.7.W3.S1) and character.