1 Samuel 22:13:161 Sam.22.13.W16TAB
בֵּֽאלֹהִ֔ים
beelohim
“of God”
- Transliteration
- be-e-lo-HIM
- Extended
- beh-eh-loh-HEEM
- IPA
- /bɛːʔɛloˈhiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- of God
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| 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
be-e-lo-HIM
- clause
be-tit-KHA LO LE-khem ve-KHE-rev ve-sha-OL LO be-e-lo-HIM la-KUM e-LAI le-o-REV ka-YOM ha-ZE
- sentence
va-YO-mer E-lav e-LAV sha-UL LA-ma ke-shar-TEM a-LAI a-TA u-ven-yish-TAI be-tit-KHA LO LE-khem ve-KHE-rev ve-sha-OL LO be-e-lo-HIM la-KUM e-LAI le-o-REV ka-YOM ha-ZE
Exegesis
The noun infinitive be-titkha {בְּתִתְּךָ֨ | bə-tit-tə-ḵā} ‘in your giving’ governs lechem ‘bread’ and cherev ‘sword,’ while the Hifil infinitive ve-sha’ol {וְשָׁא֥וֹל | wə-šā-ʼōl} ‘and by inquiring’ with be-Elohim {בֵּֽאלֹהִים | bē-ʾĕ-lō-hîm} ‘of God’ depicts consultation.
Root and etymology
ʾ-l-haleph–lamed–heh
“God, mighty one”
In context — 1 Samuel 22:13
And Saul said to him, “Why have you conspired against me, you and the son of Jesse, by giving him bread and a sword and by inquiring of God for him, so that he rises up against me to lie in ambush as on this very day?”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 22:13:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of 1 Samuel 22:13, so the Hebrew word בֵּֽאלֹהִ֔ים (beelohim) 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.22.13.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.22.13.W16.S1) and character.