כִּֽי־אֱלֹהִ֣ים

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 כִּֽי־אֱלֹהִ֣ים

   ki-e-lo-HIM

   for God
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 כִּֽי־אֱלֹהִ֣ים ה֔וּא

   ki-e-lo-HIM HU

   for God he is
3. clause🔊 וַיְהִ֨י בַֽצָּהֳרַ֜יִם וַיְהַתֵּ֧ל בָּהֶ֣ם אֵלִיָּ֗הוּ וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ קִרְא֤וּ בְקוֹל־גָּדוֹל֙ כִּֽי־אֱלֹהִ֣ים ה֔וּא כִּ֣י שִׂ֧יחַ וְכִֽי־שִׂ֛יג ל֖וֹ וְכִֽי־דֶ֣רֶךְ ל֑וֹ

   va-ye-HI va-tso-ho-ra-YIM va-ye-hat-TEL BA-hem e-li-YA-hu va-yo-MER kir-E-u be-KOL-ga-DOL ki-e-lo-HIM HU KI SI-akh ve-khi-SIG LO ve-khi-DE-rekh LO

   and it happened at the midday and he mocked of them Elijah and he said call out with a loud voice for God he is for musing or in thought and for he has withdrawn for himself and for a journey is his
4. sentence🔊 וַיְהִ֨י בַֽצָּהֳרַ֜יִם וַיְהַתֵּ֧ל בָּהֶ֣ם אֵלִיָּ֗הוּ וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ קִרְא֤וּ בְקוֹל־גָּדוֹל֙ כִּֽי־אֱלֹהִ֣ים ה֔וּא כִּ֣י שִׂ֧יחַ וְכִֽי־שִׂ֛יג ל֖וֹ וְכִֽי־דֶ֣רֶךְ ל֑וֹ אוּלַ֛י יָשֵׁ֥ן ה֖וּא וְיִקָֽץ׃

   va-ye-HI va-tso-ho-ra-YIM va-ye-hat-TEL BA-hem e-li-YA-hu va-yo-MER kir-E-u be-KOL-ga-DOL ki-e-lo-HIM HU KI SI-akh ve-khi-SIG LO ve-khi-DE-rekh LO u-LAI ya-SHEN HU ve-yi-KATS

   and it happened at the midday and he mocked of them Elijah and he said call out with a loud voice for God he is for musing or in thought and for he has withdrawn for himself and for a journey is his perhaps sleeping he is and must be awakened

Exegesis

A series of ki-clauses (ki-elohim {כִּֽי־אֱלֹהִים | kî-ʾĕlōhîm}, ki {כִּ֣י | kî} before each alternative) presents sarcastic possibilities regarding the deity’s actions.

Root and etymology

“god, mighty one”

• 🔊 אֱלוֹהַּeloahdeityDeuteronomy 32:15