2 Samuel 14:16:132 Sam.14.16.W13TAB
אֱלֹהִֽים׃
elohim
“God”
- Transliteration
- e-lo-HIM
- Extended
- eh-loh-HEEM
- IPA
- /ʔɛloˈhiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- God
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
- clause
le-hash-MID o-TI ve-et-be-NI YA-khad min-na-kha-LAT e-lo-HIM
- sentence
KI yish-MA ham-ME-lekh le-ha-TSIL et-a-ma-TO mik-KAF ha-ISH le-hash-MID o-TI ve-et-be-NI YA-khad min-na-kha-LAT e-lo-HIM
Exegesis
The final construct min-nachalat Elohim {מִנַּחֲלַת אֱלֹהִים | min-naḥ-ḥă-lāṯ ʾĕ-lō-hîm} ‘from the inheritance of God’ frames the threatened loss as a divine allotment within the covenant community.
Root and etymology
ʾ-l-haleph–lamed–heh
“mighty one, deity”
In context — 2 Samuel 14:16
For the king will hear to deliver his servant from the hand of the man who would destroy both me and my son together from the inheritance of God .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 14:16:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 2 Samuel 14:16, so the Hebrew word אֱלֹהִֽים׃ (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 Sam.14.16.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.14.16.W13.S1) and character.