2 Chronicles 20:6:72 Chr.20.6.W7TAB
אֱלֹהִים֙
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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Word in context
- word
e-lo-HIM
- phraseyour reading level
ha-LO a-TA-HU e-lo-HIM
- clause
va-yo-MAR Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE a-vo-TE-nu ha-LO a-TA-HU e-lo-HIM ba-sha-MA-yim ve-a-TA mo-SHEL be-KHOL mam-le-KHOT ha-go-YIM
- sentence
va-yo-MAR Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE a-vo-TE-nu ha-LO a-TA-HU e-lo-HIM ba-sha-MA-yim ve-a-TA mo-SHEL be-KHOL mam-le-KHOT ha-go-YIM u-ve-yad-KHA KO-akh u-ge-vu-RA ve-EN im-me-KHA le-hit-ya-TSEV
Exegesis
The interrogative halo {הֲלֹא | halô} ‘is it not’ frames a rhetorical question affirmed by the emphatic pronoun atah-hu {אַתָּה־הוּא | ʾattāh hûʾ} ‘you indeed’ and the predicate noun elohim {אֱלֹהִים | ʾĕlōhîm} ‘God’, locating Him in heaven (bashamayim {בַּשָּׁמַיִם | baššāmayim} ‘in the heavens’).
Root and etymology
Rootaleph-lamed-hey
“God, mighty one”
In context — 2 Chronicles 20:6
And he said, “O LORD God of our fathers , are You not He—God in the heavens? And You rule over all the kingdoms of the nations. In Your hand are power and might, and none can stand against You.”
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 20:6:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Chronicles 20:6, so the Hebrew word אֱלֹהִים֙ (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.20.6.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.20.6.W7.S1) and character.