2 Kings 22:17:52 Kgs.22.17.W5TAB
לֵאלֹהִ֣ים
leelohim
“to God or to gods”
- Transliteration
- le-e-lo-HIM
- Extended
- lee-eh-loh-HEEM
- IPA
- /leː.ʔɛloˈhiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- to God or to gods
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| 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
le-e-lo-HIM
- phraseyour reading level
le-e-lo-HIM a-khe-RIM
- clause
TA-khat a-SHER a-za-VU-ni va-ye-kat-REU le-e-lo-HIM a-khe-RIM le-MA-an ha-khe-i-SE-ni be-KHOL ma-a-SE ye-de-HEM
- sentence
TA-khat a-SHER a-za-VU-ni va-ye-kat-REU le-e-lo-HIM a-khe-RIM le-MA-an ha-khe-i-SE-ni be-KHOL ma-a-SE ye-de-HEM ve-nits-TA kha-ma-TI ba-ma-KOM ha-ZE ve-LO tikh-BE
Exegesis
The phrase le-elohim acherim {לֵאלֹהִ֣ים אֲחֵרִ֔ים | lēʾĕlōhîm ʾăhêrîm} expresses syncretistic worship, while lemaʿan hakkiʿsēnî {לְמַ֙עַן֙ הַכְעִיסֵ֔נִי | lemăʿăn hakkiʿsēnî} marks purpose “so that they might provoke me.”
In context — 2 Kings 22:17
Because they have forsaken Me and burned incense to other gods to provoke Me by every deed of their hands, My wrath has ignited against this place and will never be extinguished.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 22:17:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Kings 22:17, so the Hebrew word לֵאלֹהִ֣ים (leelohim) 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.22.17.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.22.17.W5.S1) and character.