2 Samuel 15:29:52 Sam.15.29.W5TAB

הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים

haelohim

of God

Transliteration
ha-e-lo-HIM
Extended
haa-eh-loh-HEEM
IPA
/haː.ʔɛloˈhiːm/

Meaning by language

English
of God

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
הָ + אֱ + לֹ + הִ֖ים
ha + e + lo + him
haelohim

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Qametslong 'ah'
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Hateph Segholreduced 'eh'
Lamedl as in law
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ha-e-lo-HIM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    et-a-RON ha-e-lo-HIM

  3. clause

    va-ya-SHEV tsa-DOK ve-ev-ya-TAR et-a-RON ha-e-lo-HIM ye-ru-sha-LA-yim

  4. sentence

    va-ya-SHEV tsa-DOK ve-ev-ya-TAR et-a-RON ha-e-lo-HIM ye-ru-sha-LA-yim va-ye-she-VU SHAM

Exegesis

The particle et {אֶת־ | ʾet} marks the definite direct object aron {אֲר֥וֹן | ʾārōn}, which in construct with haelohim {הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים | hā-’ĕlōhîm} yields “ark of God.”

Root and etymology

’-l-haleph–lamed–heh

mighty one, deity

In context2 Samuel 15:29

So Zadok and Abiathar returned the ark of God to Jerusalem, and they stayed there .

About this coordinate

2 Samuel 15:29:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Samuel 15:29, so the Hebrew word הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים (haelohim) 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.15.29.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.15.29.W5.S1) and character.