2 Samuel 15:32:72 Sam.15.32.W7TAB
לֵאלֹהִ֑ים
leelohim
“to God”
- Transliteration
- le-e-lo-HIM
- Extended
- lee-eh-loh-HEEM
- IPA
- /leːʔɛloˈhiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- to God
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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The word
Word in context
- word
le-e-lo-HIM
- clause
va-ye-HI da-VID BA ad-ha-ROSH a-sher-yish-ta-kha-VE SHAM le-e-lo-HIM
- sentence
va-ye-HI da-VID BA ad-ha-ROSH a-sher-yish-ta-kha-VE SHAM le-e-lo-HIM ve-hin-NE lik-ra-TO KHU-shai ha-ar-KI ka-RU-a ku-tan-TO va-a-da-MA al-RO-sho
Exegesis
The locative clause ad-ha-rōš ʾăšer yištaḥăwê šām lēʾĕlōhîm {עַד־הָרֹאשׁ אֲשֶׁר־יִשְׁתַּחֲוֶה שָׁם לֵאלֹהִ֑ים} combines a prepositional phrase with a relative clause to establish purpose.
Root and etymology
’-l-haleph–lamed–he
“deity, power”
In context — 2 Samuel 15:32
And it happened that when David came to the summit where he would worship God , behold, Hushai the Archite came to meet him, his tunic torn and dust upon his head.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 15:32:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Samuel 15:32, so the Hebrew word לֵאלֹהִ֑ים (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 Sam.15.32.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.15.32.W7.S1) and character.