1 Kings 13:12:131 Kgs.13.12.W13TAB
הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים
haelohim
“God”
- Transliteration
- ha-e-lo-HIM
- Extended
- haa-eh-loh-HEEM
- IPA
- /haːʔɛloˈhiːm/
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
EESH ha-e-lo-HIM
- clause
va-yir-OO ba-NAV et-ha-DE-rekh a-SHER ha-LAKH EESH ha-e-lo-HIM a-sher-BA mi-ye-hu-DA
- sentence
SAID a-le-HEM a-VEE-HEM EH-ZEH ha-DE-rekh ha-LAKH va-yir-OO ba-NAV et-ha-DE-rekh a-SHER ha-LAKH EESH ha-e-lo-HIM a-sher-BA mi-ye-hu-DA
Exegesis
The substantive ish haelohim {אִישׁ הָאֱלֹהִים | ʾîsh hā-ʾĕ-lō-hîm} ‘man of God’ is further defined by asher ba miyehudah {אֲשֶׁר־בָּא מִיהוּדָה | ă-šer bāʾ mi-yĕ-hū-dāh}, situating him as a divine envoy from Judah. Although vayire’u literally means ‘they saw’, it is rendered ‘showed’ and ‘pointed out’ to reflect the communicative function of the sons in indicating the path.
Root and etymology
א־ל־ה
“God, mighty one”
In context — 1 Kings 13:12
And their father spoke to them, “Which is the way he went?” And his sons showed the way that the man of God who came from Judah went.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 13:12:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 1 Kings 13:12, 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 Kgs.13.12.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.13.12.W13.S1) and character.