1 Samuel 14:36:221 Sam.14.36.W22TAB
אֶל־הָאֱלֹהִֽים׃
elhaelohim
“to God”
- Transliteration
- el-ha-e-lo-HIM
- Extended
- ehl-haa-eh-loh-HEEM
- IPA
- /hăˈloːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- to God
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
el-ha-e-lo-HIM
- clause
va-YO-mer ha-ko-HEN nik-re-VA ha-LOM el-ha-e-lo-HIM
- sentence
va-YO-mer sha-UL ner-e-DA a-kha-RE pe-lish-TIM LAI-la ve-na-VO-za va-HEM ad-OR ha-BO-ker ve-LO-na-she-ER ba-HEM ISH va-YO-mer-U kol-ha-TOV be-e-NE-kha a-SE va-YO-mer ha-ko-HEN nik-re-VA ha-LOM el-ha-e-lo-HIM
Exegesis
In the priest’s speech halom {הֲלֹם | ha-lôm} ‘here’ serves as an emphatic locative, and niqərbāh {נִקְרְבָ֥ה | ni-qər-bāh} ‘let us draw near’ + ’el-hā-’ĕlōhîm {אֶל־הָאֱלֹהִֽים | ’el-hā-’ĕ-lō-hîm} formulates the standard appeal to the divine for guidance. The English translation follows Hebrew word order where possible, rendering cohortatives as imperatives and retaining Hebrew idioms in idiomatic English structure.
Root and etymology
’-l-haleph–lamed–he
“God, mighty one”
In context — 1 Samuel 14:36
And Saul said, “Let us go down after the Philistines by night and plunder them until the morning light, and let us not leave among them a man.” And they said, “Do all that seems right to you.” Then the priest said, “Let us draw near here to God .”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 14:36:22 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 22 of 1 Samuel 14:36, so the Hebrew word אֶל־הָאֱלֹהִֽים׃ (elhaelohim) 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 Sam.14.36.W22, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.14.36.W22.S1) and character.