1 Kings 13:21:31 Kgs.13.21.W3TAB

הָאֱלֹהִ֗ים

haelohim

God

Transliteration
ha-e-lo-HIM
Extended
haa-eh-loh-HEEM
IPA
/ha.ʔɛloˈhiːm/

Meaning by language

English
God

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
הָ + אֱ + לֹ + הִ֗ים
ha + e + lo + him
haelohim

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Qametslong 'ah'
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Hateph Segholreduced 'eh'
Lamedl as in law
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ha-e-lo-HIM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    el-ISH ha-e-lo-HIM

  3. clause

    va-yik-RA el-ISH ha-e-lo-HIM a-sher-BA mi-ye-hu-DA le-MOR KO a-MAR ye-ho-VAH

  4. sentence

    va-yik-RA el-ISH ha-e-lo-HIM a-sher-BA mi-ye-hu-DA le-MOR KO a-MAR ye-ho-VAH YA-an KI ma-RI-ta PI ye-ho-VAH ve-LO sha-MAR-ta et-ha-mits-VA a-SHER tsiv-e-KHA ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha

Exegesis

The prepositional phrase el-ʼîš ha-ʼElohim {אֶל־אִישׁ הָאֱלֹהִים | ʾel-ʾîš hā-ʾĕlōhîm} identifies the recipient.

Root and etymology

ʾ-laleph–lamed

god, deity

In context1 Kings 13:21

And he called to the man of God who came from Judah, saying, “Thus says the LORD : Because you have rebelled against the mouth of the LORD and have not kept the command which the LORD your God commanded you.”

About this coordinate

1 Kings 13:21:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Kings 13:21, so the Hebrew word הָאֱלֹהִ֗ים (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.13.21.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.13.21.W3.S1) and character.