1 Samuel 17:45:151 Sam.17.45.W15TAB
אֱלֹהֵ֛י
elohe
“God of”
- Transliteration
- e-lo-HE
- Extended
- eh-loh-HEH
- IPA
- /ʔɛloːˈheː/
Meaning by language
- English
- God of
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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
e-lo-HE
- clause
ve-a-NO-khi BA-E-le-kha be-SHEM Ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT e-lo-HE ma-ar-KHOT yis-ra-EL a-SHER KHE-rav-TA
- sentence
va-YO-mer da-VID el-ha-pe-lish-TI a-TA BA E-lai be-KHE-rev u-va-kha-NIT u-ve-khi-DON ve-a-NO-khi BA-E-le-kha be-SHEM Ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT e-lo-HE ma-ar-KHOT yis-ra-EL a-SHER KHE-rav-TA
Exegesis
The construct chain in bə-šēm {בְּשֵׁם | bə-šēm} “in the name” links to the divine titles Yəhôwāh ṣə-ḇāʾōt {יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת | Yəhôwāh ṣə-ḇāʾōt} and ʾĕlōhê maʿārḵōt yiśrāʾēl {אֱלֹהֵי מַעַרְכ֥וֹת יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל | ʾĕlōhê maʿārḵōt yiśrāʾēl}, grounding David’s confidence in divine authority.
Root and etymology
א־ל
“God, deity”
In context — 1 Samuel 17:45
David said to the Philistine, “You come against me with a sword and with a spear and with a javelin , but I come against you in the name of the LORD of hosts , the God of the ranks of Israel , whom you have defied .”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 17:45:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of 1 Samuel 17:45, so the Hebrew word אֱלֹהֵ֛י (elohe) 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.17.45.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.45.W15.S1) and character.