1 Samuel 14:44:41 Sam.14.44.W4TAB
אֱלֹהִ֖ים
elohim
“God”
- Transliteration
- e-lo-HIM
- Extended
- eh-loh-HEEM
- IPA
- /ʔɛloˈhiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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-SE e-lo-HIM
- clause
va-YO-mer sha-UL ko-ya-a-SE e-lo-HIM ve-KHO yo-SIF
- sentence
va-YO-mer sha-UL ko-ya-a-SE e-lo-HIM ve-KHO yo-SIF ki-MOT ta-MUT yo-na-TAN
Exegesis
The parallel structure koh ya‘ăśeh ʾĕlōhîm wə-kôh yôsîp̄ {כֹּֽה־יַעֲשֶׂ֥ה אֱלֹהִ֖ים וְכֹ֣ה יוֹסִ֑ף | kôh ya‘ăśeh ʾĕlōhîm wə-kôh yôsîp̄} uses repeated koh {כֹּה | kôh} ‘thus’ to frame two divine invocations.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–lamed–he
“mighty one”
In context — 1 Samuel 14:44
And Saul said, “Thus may God do and thus may He add, for you shall die , Jonathan.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 14:44:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Samuel 14:44, so the Hebrew word אֱלֹהִ֖ים (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 Sam.14.44.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.14.44.W4.S1) and character.