1 Samuel 17:36:151 Sam.17.36.W15TAB
אֱלֹהִ֥ים
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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Word in context
- word
e-lo-HIM
- phraseyour reading level
e-lo-HIM kha-YIM
- clause
ve-ha-YA ha-pe-lish-TI he-a-REL ha-ZE ke-a-KHAD me-HEM KI KHE-ref ma-ar-KHOT e-lo-HIM kha-YIM
- sentence
GAM et-ha-a-RI gam-ha-DOV hi-KA av-DE-kha ve-ha-YA ha-pe-lish-TI he-a-REL ha-ZE ke-a-KHAD me-HEM KI KHE-ref ma-ar-KHOT e-lo-HIM kha-YIM
Exegesis
The construct chain ma-ʿär-ḵōt ʾĕlōhîm ḥay-yîm {מַעַרְכֹת אֱלֹהִים חַיִּים | ma-ʿär-ḵōt ʾĕ-lō-hîm ḥay-yîm} ‘battle-lines of the living God’ emphasizes divine authority behind Israel’s defense.
Root and etymology
א־ל־ה
“deity, mighty one”
In context — 1 Samuel 17:36
Your servant struck both the lion and the bear, and this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, because he has taunted the battle-lines of the living God .
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 17:36:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of 1 Samuel 17:36, so the Hebrew word אֱלֹהִ֥ים (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.17.36.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.36.W15.S1) and character.