2 Chronicles 13:8:212 Chr.13.8.W21TAB
לֵאלֹהִֽים׃
leelohim
“as gods”
- Transliteration
- le-e-lo-HIM
- Extended
- lee-eh-loh-HEEM
- IPA
- /ləʔɛloˈhiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- as gods
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
le-e-lo-HIM
- sentence
ve-a-TA a-TEM o-me-RIM le-hit-kha-ZEK lif-NE mam-le-KHET ye-ho-VAH be-YAD be-NE da-VID ve-a-TEM ha-MON RAV ve-im-MA-khem e-ge-LE za-HAV a-SHER a-SA la-KHEM ya-rav-A le-e-lo-HIM
Exegesis
The relative clause asher asah lakhem yarovam {אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה לָכֶם יָרָבְעָם | ʾă-šer ʿā-śāh lā-kem yā-rā-ḇə-ʿām} assigns responsibility to Jeroboam and portrays the calves as manufactured substitutes, finalized by lelohim {לֵאלֹהִים | lə-ʾlō-hîm} ‘as gods,’ a syntactic punchline that exposes the religious illegitimacy behind their military strength. The English renderings keep the long Hebrew coordination but use clearer clause boundaries to communicate the escalating rhetoric.
Root and etymology
consonantsaleph–lamed–heh
“deity, might”
In context — 2 Chronicles 13:8
And now, you are saying that you will strengthen yourselves before the kingdom of the LORD in the hand of the sons of David, and you are a great multitude, and with you are golden calves which Jeroboam made for you as gods .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 13:8:21 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 21 of 2 Chronicles 13:8, so the Hebrew word לֵאלֹהִֽים׃ (leelohim) 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.13.8.W21, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.13.8.W21.S1) and character.