2 Chronicles 13:9:232 Chr.13.9.W23TAB
אֱלֹהִ֑ים׃
elohim
“God or gods”
- Transliteration
- e-lo-HIM
- Extended
- eh-loh-HEEM
- IPA
- /ʔɛloˈhiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- God or gods
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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Word in context
- word
e-lo-HIM
- phraseyour reading level
le-LO e-lo-HIM
- clause
va-ta-a-SU la-KHEM ko-ha-NIM ke-a-ME ha-a-ra-TSOT kol-ha-BA le-ma-LE ya-DO be-FAR ben-ba-KAR ve-EI-lim shiv-A ve-ha-YA ko-HEN le-LO e-lo-HIM
- sentence
ha-LO hi-dakh-TEM et-KO-ha-NE ye-ho-VAH et-be-NE a-ha-RON ve-hal-vi-YIM va-ta-a-SU la-KHEM ko-ha-NIM ke-a-ME ha-a-ra-TSOT kol-ha-BA le-ma-LE ya-DO be-FAR ben-ba-KAR ve-EI-lim shiv-A ve-ha-YA ko-HEN le-LO e-lo-HIM
Exegesis
The final phrase lelo elohim {לְלֹ֥א אֱלֹהִֽים | ləlōʾ ʾĕlōhîm} ‘for not-gods’ supplies the theological verdict: the whole system produces priests serving entities that do not qualify as deity, sharpening the contrast with YHWH.
Root and etymology
consonantsaleph–lamed–heh
“deity, might”
In context — 2 Chronicles 13:9
Is it not so that you drove away the priests of the LORD —the sons of Aaron and the Levites—and made priests for yourselves like the peoples of the lands? Everyone who comes to consecrate his hand with a young bull and seven rams becomes a priest for what are not gods.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 13:9:23 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 23 of 2 Chronicles 13:9, so the Hebrew word אֱלֹהִ֑ים׃ (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.13.9.W23, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.13.9.W23.S1) and character.