2 Chronicles 7:5:152 Chr.7.5.W15TAB
הֽ͏ָאֱלֹהִ֔ים
haelohim
“God”
- Transliteration
- ha-e-lo-HIM
- Extended
- haa-eh-loh-HEEM
- IPA
- /haʔɛloˈhiːm/
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
et-BET ha-e-lo-HIM
- clause
va-yakh-ne-KHU et-BET ha-e-lo-HIM ha-ME-lekh ve-KHOL-ha-AM
- sentence
va-yiz-BAKH ha-ME-lekh she-lo-MO et-ZE-vakh ha-ba-KAR e-se-RIM u-she-NA-yim E-lef ve-TSON me-A ve-e-se-RIM A-lef va-yakh-ne-KHU et-BET ha-e-lo-HIM ha-ME-lekh ve-KHOL-ha-AM
Exegesis
The vav-consecutive verb vayakhneku {וַיַּחְנְכוּ | va·yakh·ne·ku} frames the dedication event, and the construct chain beit-ha’elohim {בֵּית הָאֱלֹהִים | beit·ha·e·lo·him} marks ‘house of God.’
In context — 2 Chronicles 7:5
King Solomon sacrificed twenty-two thousand cattle and one hundred twenty thousand sheep. Then the king and all the people dedicated the house of God .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 7:5:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of 2 Chronicles 7:5, so the Hebrew word הֽ͏ָאֱלֹהִ֔ים (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.7.5.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.7.5.W15.S1) and character.