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
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
- 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
- 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 context — 1 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.