2 Chronicles 25:20:42 Chr.25.20.W4TAB
מֵהָֽאֱלֹהִים֙
mehaelohim
“from God”
- Transliteration
- me-ha-e-lo-HIM
- Extended
- mee-hah-eh-loh-HEEM
- IPA
- /meː.ha.ʔɛloːˈhiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- from God
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| 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 |
Tap any letter to hear its name and sound
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
me-ha-e-lo-HIM
- phraseyour reading level
KI me-ha-e-lo-HIM
- clause
ve-LO-SHA-MA a-mats-ya-HU KI me-ha-e-lo-HIM HI le-MA-an ti-TAM be-YAD
- sentence
ve-LO-SHA-MA a-mats-ya-HU KI me-ha-e-lo-HIM HI le-MA-an ti-TAM be-YAD KI da-re-SHU ET e-lo-HE e-DOM
Exegesis
The clause ki mehaelohim hi {כִּי מֵהָאֱלֹהִים הִיא | kî mē-hā-ʾĕ-lō-hîm hî} ‘for it is from God’ employs the feminine pronoun hi to attribute the action to divine agency.
Root and etymology
ʾ-l-haleph–lamed–he
“divine being”
In context — 2 Chronicles 25:20
But Amaziah did not listen, for it was from God in order to deliver them into the hand , because they had sought the gods of Edom.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 25:20:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Chronicles 25:20, so the Hebrew word מֵהָֽאֱלֹהִים֙ (mehaelohim) 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.25.20.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.25.20.W4.S1) and character.