1 Chronicles 29:1:91 Chr.29.1.W9TAB
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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Word in context
- word
e-lo-HIM
- phraseyour reading level
ba-KHAR-BO e-lo-HIM
- clause
va-yo-MER da-VID ha-ME-lekh le-khol-ha-ka-HAL she-lo-MO be-NI e-KHAD ba-KHAR-BO e-lo-HIM NA-ar va-RAKH
- sentence
va-yo-MER da-VID ha-ME-lekh le-khol-ha-ka-HAL she-lo-MO be-NI e-KHAD ba-KHAR-BO e-lo-HIM NA-ar va-RAKH ve-ha-me-la-KHA ge-do-LA KI LO le-a-DAM ha-bi-RA KI la-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HIM
Exegesis
In the appositional unit šəlōmō bənî ʾeḥād bāḥar-bō ʾĕlōhîm {שְׁלֹמֹה בְנִי אֶחָד בָּחַר־בּוֹ אֱלֹהִים | šəlōmō bənî ʾeḥād bāḥar-bō ʾĕlōhîm}, the adjective ʾeḥād {אֶחָד | ʾeḥād} ‘one’ highlights Solomon’s unique selection, reinforced by the perfect verb.
The nominal clause wə-hamməlāḵāh gedōlāh {וְהַמְּלָאכָה גְדוֹלָה | wə-hamməlāḵāh gedōlāh} ‘and the work is great’ leads into the concessive-contrastive clause kî lōʾ lə-ʾādām habbirāh kî la-YHWH ʾĕlōhîm {כִּי לֹא לְאָדָם הַבִּירָה כִּי לַיהוָה אֱלֹהִים | kî lōʾ lə-ʾādām habbirāh kî la-YHWH ʾĕlōhîm}, where negation and adversative conjunction shift the purpose from human to divine. The English rendering preserves the Hebrew sequence and the dual use of “for,” maintaining the balance of public address and theological emphasis.
Root and etymology
ʾ-l-h
“God, mighty one”
In context — 1 Chronicles 29:1
And King David said to all the assembly, “Solomon my son, the one whom God has chosen, is young and inexperienced. The work is great, for this palace is not for man, but for the LORD God .”
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 29:1:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 1 Chronicles 29:1, 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.29.1.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.29.1.W9.S1) and character.