2 Chronicles 23:9:142 Chr.23.9.W14TAB
הָאֱלֹהִֽים׃
haelohim
“God”
- Transliteration
- ha-e-lo-HIM
- Extended
- haa-eh-loh-HEEM
- IPA
- /haːʔɛloːˈhiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- God
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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
ha-e-lo-HIM
- phraseyour reading level
BET ha-e-lo-HIM
- clause
a-SHER BET ha-e-lo-HIM
- sentence
va-yit-TEN ye-ho-ya-DA ha-ko-HEN le-sa-RE ha-me-OT et-ha-kha-ni-TIM ve-et-ha-ma-gi-NOT ve-et-ha-she-la-TIM a-SHER la-ME-lekh da-VID a-SHER BET ha-e-lo-HIM
Exegesis
The construct beit haelohim {בֵּית הָאֱלֹהִים | bêṯ hā-’ĕ-lō-hîm} ‘house of God’ denotes the sacred temple space in which these items were stored. English translation preserves the original sequence and owner-location relationships.
Root and etymology
ʾ-l-haleph–lamed–heh
“God, mighty one”
In context — 2 Chronicles 23:9
Jehoiada the priest gave the commanders of the hundreds the spears, the shields, and the bucklers that belonged to King David and were kept in the house of God .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 23:9:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 2 Chronicles 23:9, so the Hebrew word הָאֱלֹהִֽים׃ (haelohim) 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.23.9.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.23.9.W14.S1) and character.