2 Kings 19:18:62 Kgs.19.18.W6TAB
אֱלֹהִ֜ים
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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The word
Word in context
- word
e-lo-HIM
- phraseyour reading level
KI LO e-lo-HIM
- clause
KI LO e-lo-HIM HE-ma KI im-ma-a-SE ye-DE-a-DAM ETS va-E-ven va-ye-AB-de-m
- sentence
ve-na-TE-nu ET-e-lo-HE-hem ba-ESH KI LO e-lo-HIM HE-ma KI im-ma-a-SE ye-DE-a-DAM ETS va-E-ven va-ye-AB-de-m
Exegesis
The causal clause ki lo elohim hemah {כִּי לֹא אֱלֹהִים הֵמָּה | kî lōʾ ʾĕ-lō-hîm hêm-mah} ‘for they were not gods’ combines negation with a resumptive pronoun.
Root and etymology
ʼ-l-haleph–lamed–heh
“god, powerful one”
In context — 2 Kings 19:18
And they placed their gods in the fire, for they were not gods, but the work of human hands—wood and stone—and they destroyed them.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 19:18:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Kings 19:18, so the Hebrew word אֱלֹהִ֜ים (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.19.18.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.19.18.W6.S1) and character.