2 Chronicles 13:16:62 Chr.13.16.W6TAB
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
va-yit-NEIM e-lo-HIM
- clause
va-yit-NEIM e-lo-HIM be-ya-DAM
- sentence
va-ya-NU-su be-NEI-yis-ra-EL mip-pe-NEI ye-hu-DA va-yit-NEIM e-lo-HIM be-ya-DAM
Exegesis
The subject is first specified as bnei-yisrael {בְנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל | bənê-yiśrāʾēl} and then the action pivots to divine agency when elohim {אֱלֹהִ֖ים | ʾĕlōhîm} appears after the second verb, clarifying that the “giving over” is God’s decisive act.
Root and etymology
consonantsAleph–Lamed–Heh
“mighty, deity”
In context — 2 Chronicles 13:16
And the sons of Israel fled before Judah, and God gave them into their hand .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 13:16:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Chronicles 13:16, 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 2 Chr.13.16.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.13.16.W6.S1) and character.