1 Samuel 17:46:241 Sam.17.46.W24TAB
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
YESH e-lo-HIM
- clause
ve-ye-de-U KAL-ha-A-rets KI YESH e-lo-HIM le-yis-ra-EL
- sentence
ha-YOM ha-ZE ye-sag-GER-kha Ye-ho-VAH be-ya-DI ve-hi-KI-ti-kha va-ha-si-RO-ti et-RO-sha-kha me-a-LE-kha ve-na-TAT-ti PE-ger ma-kha-NE pe-li-SHTIM ha-YOM ha-ZE le-OF ha-sha-MA-yim u-le-kha-YAT ha-A-rets ve-ye-de-U KAL-ha-A-rets KI YESH e-lo-HIM le-yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The result clause wə-ye-da-ʿû kol-ha-ʾā-reṣ {וְיֵֽדְעוּ֙ כָּל־הָאָרֶץ | wə-ye-da-ʿû kol-ha-ʾā-reṣ} ‘and all the earth will know’ leads into the existential clause kî yēš ʾə-lō-hîm le-yis-ra-ʾêl {כִּ֛י יֵשׁ אֱלֹהִים לְיִשְׂרָאֵֽל | kî yēš ʾə-lō-hîm le-yis-ra-ʾêl} ‘that there is God in Israel,’ presenting a universal theological climax. The English rendering preserves Hebrew immediacy and sequential action while maintaining clarity and impact.
Root and etymology
ʾ-l-haleph–lamed–he
“God, mighty one”
In context — 1 Samuel 17:46
This day the LORD will deliver you into my hand, and I will strike you and remove your head from upon you. And this day I will give the bodies of the camp of the Philistines to the birds of the heavens so that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 17:46:24 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 24 of 1 Samuel 17:46, 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.17.46.W24, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.46.W24.S1) and character.