1 Kings 14:9:81 Kgs.14.9.W8TAB
אֱלֹהִ֨ים
elohim
“gods”
- Transliteration
- e-lo-HIM
- Extended
- eh-loh-HEEM
- IPA
- /ʔɛloˈhiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- gods
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
va-ta-a-SE-le-kha e-lo-HIM a-khe-RIM u-ma-se-KHOT
- clause
va-TE-lekh va-ta-a-SE-le-kha e-lo-HIM a-khe-RIM u-ma-se-KHOT le-hakh-i-SE-ni ve-o-TI hish-la-KH-TA a-kha-RE ga-VE-kha
- sentence
va-ta-RA la-a-SOT mi-KOL a-SHER-ha-YU le-fa-NE-kha va-TE-lekh va-ta-a-SE-le-kha e-lo-HIM a-khe-RIM u-ma-se-KHOT le-hakh-i-SE-ni ve-o-TI hish-la-KH-TA a-kha-RE ga-VE-kha
Exegesis
The construct chain elohim acheirim umassekhot {אֱלֹהִ֨ים אֲחֵרִ֤ים וּמַסֵּכוֹת֙ | ʾĕ-lo-hîm ʾa-ḥe-rim u-mas-se-khot} emphasizes both the category of false gods and the material of the images.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–lamed–heh
“god, deity”
In context — 1 Kings 14:9
But you have done evil above all who were before you, and you went and made for yourself other gods and molten images to provoke Me , and you have cast Me behind your back.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 14:9:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Kings 14:9, so the Hebrew word אֱלֹהִ֨ים (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 Kgs.14.9.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.14.9.W8.S1) and character.