1 Kings 18:37:91 Kgs.18.37.W9TAB
הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים
haelohim
“the God”
- Transliteration
- ha-e-lo-HIM
- Extended
- haa-eh-loh-HEEM
- IPA
- /haː.ʔɛloˈhiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the 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
- clause
a-NE-ni Ye-ho-VAH a-NE-ni ve-ye-de-U ha-AM ha-ZE ki-A-ta Ye-ho-VAH ha-e-lo-HIM
- sentence
a-NE-ni Ye-ho-VAH a-NE-ni ve-ye-de-U ha-AM ha-ZE ki-A-ta Ye-ho-VAH ha-e-lo-HIM ve-A-ta ha-sib-BO-ta ET-li-BAM a-kho-ra-NIT
Exegesis
The conjunction ki-atta {כִּֽי־אַתָּ֥ה | kî-ʾăt-tāh} introduces the nominal clause YHWH haElohim {יְהוָה הָאֱלֹהִים | Yə-hō-wāh hā-ʾĕ-lō-hîm} ‘that You, LORD, are God’, affirming divine identity.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–lamed | A-L
“toward, to”
In context — 1 Kings 18:37
Answer me, LORD ; answer me, so that this people may know that You, LORD, are God , and that You have restored their hearts again.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:37:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 1 Kings 18:37, so the Hebrew word הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים (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.18.37.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.37.W9.S1) and character.