2 Kings 18:34:22 Kgs.18.34.W2TAB
אֱלֹהֵ֨י
elohe
“gods of”
- Transliteration
- e-lo-HE
- Extended
- eh-loh-HEE
- IPA
- /ʔɛloˈheː/
Meaning by language
- English
- gods of
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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
e-lo-HE
- phraseyour reading level
a-YE e-lo-HE kha-MAT
- clause
a-YE e-lo-HE kha-MAT ve-ar-PAD a-YE e-lo-HE se-far-va-YIM he-NA ve-i-VA
- sentence
a-YE e-lo-HE kha-MAT ve-ar-PAD a-YE e-lo-HE se-far-va-YIM he-NA ve-i-VA ki-hits-TI-lu et-sho-me-RON mi-ya-DI
Exegesis
Each instance of elohei {אֱלֹהֵ֨י | ʾĕlōhê} ‘gods of’ forms a construct chain with the following city names—ḥamat {חֲמָ֜ת | ḥă·māṯ}, ʾarpād {אַרְפָּ֗ד | ʾăr·pāḏ}, sepharvayim {סְפַרְוַ֖יִם | səpharvayim}, hena {הֵנַ֣ע | hēnāʿ}, ivvāh {עִוָּ֑ה | ʿivvāh}—creating parallelism that underscores their collective impotence.
Root and etymology
’–l–hʾ–l–h
“god, deity”
In context — 2 Kings 18:34
Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah? Did they deliver Samaria from my hand?
About this coordinate
2 Kings 18:34:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Kings 18:34, so the Hebrew word אֱלֹהֵ֨י (elohe) 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.18.34.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.18.34.W2.S1) and character.