1 Kings 19:2:71 Kgs.19.2.W7TAB
אֱלֹהִים֙
elohim
“the gods or God”
- Transliteration
- e-lo-HIM
- Extended
- eh-loh-HEEM
- IPA
- /ʔɛloˈhiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the gods or God
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
ko-ya-a-SUN e-lo-HIM
- clause
ko-ya-a-SUN e-lo-HIM ve-KHO yo-si-FUN ki-kha-ET ma-KHAR a-SIM et-naf-she-KHA ke-NE-fesh a-KHAD me-HEM
- sentence
va-tish-LAKH i-ze-VEL mal-EKH el-e-li-YA-hu le-MOR ko-ya-a-SUN e-lo-HIM ve-KHO yo-si-FUN ki-kha-ET ma-KHAR a-SIM et-naf-she-KHA ke-NE-fesh a-KHAD me-HEM
Exegesis
The paired jussives in kō-ya-‘ă-šûn ’ĕ-lō-ḥîm vê-kō yō-sî-p̄ûn {כֹּה־יַעֲשׂוּן אֱלֹהִים וְכֹה יוֹסִפ֔וּן | kō-ya-ʿă-šûn ʾĕ-lō-ḥîm vê-kō yō-sî-p̄ûn} invoke deities as oath-witnesses and intensify the imprecation.
Root and etymology
א־ל־ה
“god, deity”
In context — 1 Kings 19:2
Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “May the gods do so to me, and may they add more, if by this time tomorrow I do not make your life like the life of one of them.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 19:2:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Kings 19:2, so the Hebrew word אֱלֹהִים֙ (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.19.2.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.19.2.W7.S1) and character.