2 Samuel 22:30:52 Sam.22.30.W5TAB
בֵּאלֹהַ֖י
beelohai
“by my God”
- Transliteration
- be-e-lo-HAI
- Extended
- beh-ee-loh-HAI
- IPA
- /beː.ʔɛloˈhaj/
Meaning by language
- English
- by my God
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| 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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
be-e-lo-HAI
- clause
be-e-lo-HAI a-dal-LEG-SHUR
- sentence
KI ve-KHA a-RUTS ge-DUD be-e-lo-HAI a-dal-LEG-SHUR
Exegesis
Parallel to this, bē-’ĕ-lō-hāy {בֵּאֱלֹהַי | bē-’ĕ-lō-hāy} ‘by my God’ repeats the prepositional formula to reinforce divine agency.
Root and etymology
Rootheh–aleph–lamed
“God, mighty one”
In context — 2 Samuel 22:30
For by You I run at a troop, and by my God I leap over a wall .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 22:30:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Samuel 22:30, so the Hebrew word בֵּאלֹהַ֖י (beelohai) 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.22.30.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.22.30.W5.S1) and character.