2 Kings 17:7:152 Kgs.17.7.W15TAB
אֱלֹהִ֥ים
elohim
“gods”
- Transliteration
- e-lo-HIM
- Extended
- eh-loh-HEEM
- IPA
- /ʔɛloˈhiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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
e-lo-HIM a-khe-RIM
- clause
va-yir-E-u e-lo-HIM a-khe-RIM
- sentence
va-ye-HI ki-kha-TE-u ve-NEI-yis-ra-EL la-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI-hem ham-ma-a-LE o-TAM me-E-rets mits-ra-YIM mit-ta-KHAT YAD par-O ME-lekh-mits-ra-YIM va-yir-E-u e-lo-HIM a-khe-RIM
Exegesis
The verse ends with a new wayyiqtol verb vayiru {וַיִּֽירְא֖וּ | wayyirʾû} ‘and they feared/revered’, moving from cause to consequent behavior: despite being delivered, they directed reverence toward elohim akherim {אֱלֹהִ֥ים אֲחֵרִֽים | ʾĕlōhîm ʾăḥērîm} ‘other gods’, framing the sin specifically as idolatrous allegiance.
Root and etymology
aleph–lamed–hehAleph–Lamed–Heh
“divine power”
In context — 2 Kings 17:7
And it happened that, because the sons of Israel sinned against the LORD their God , the One who brought them up from the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, they feared other gods.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 17:7:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of 2 Kings 17:7, so the Hebrew word אֱלֹהִ֥ים (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 Kgs.17.7.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.17.7.W15.S1) and character.