1 Samuel 22:3:171 Sam.22.3.W17TAB

אֱלֹהִֽים׃

elohim

God

Transliteration
e-lo-HIM
Extended
eh-loh-HEEM
IPA
/ʔɛloˈhiːm/

Meaning by language

English
God

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
אֱ + לֹ + הִֽים׃
e + lo + him
elohim

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Hateph Segholreduced 'eh'
Lamedl as in law
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    e-lo-HIM

  2. clause

    va-YO-mer el-ME-lekh mo-AV ye-TSE-NA a-VI ve-im-MI it-te-KHEM AD a-SHER e-DA ma-ya-a-SE-LI e-lo-HIM

  3. sentence

    va-YE-lekh da-VID mi-SHAM mits-PE mo-AV va-YO-mer el-ME-lekh mo-AV ye-TSE-NA a-VI ve-im-MI it-te-KHEM AD a-SHER e-DA ma-ya-a-SE-LI e-lo-HIM

Exegesis

The interrogative mah-yă‘ă-sêh-lî ’ĕ-lō-hîm {מַה־יַּעֲשֶׂה־לִּי אֱלֹהִים | mah-yă‘ă-sêh-lî ’ĕ-lō-hîm} ‘what God will do for me’ defers decision to divine providence, a nuance preserved in both reconstructions. The translation choices maintain narrative flow, reflect the polite request mood, and render key Hebrew constructs with functional English equivalents.

Root and etymology

ʾ-l-hʾ-l-h

God, mighty one

In context1 Samuel 22:3

And David went from there to Mizpah of Moab, and he said to the king of Moab, “Please let my father and my mother stay with you until I know what God will do for me.”

About this coordinate

1 Samuel 22:3:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of 1 Samuel 22:3, so the Hebrew word אֱלֹהִֽים׃ (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.22.3.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.22.3.W17.S1) and character.