2 Samuel 23:3:132 Sam.23.3.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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Word in context
- word
e-lo-HIM
- phraseyour reading level
yir-AT e-lo-HIM
- clause
mo-SHEL ba-a-DAM tsa-DIK mo-SHEL yir-AT e-lo-HIM
- sentence
a-MAR e-lo-HE yis-ra-EL LI dib-BER TSUR yis-ra-EL mo-SHEL ba-a-DAM tsa-DIK mo-SHEL yir-AT e-lo-HIM
Exegesis
Repetition of moshel {מוֹשֵׁל | mōšēl} ‘one who rules’ reinforces the concept of leadership, while the construct phrase yirat Elohim {יִרְאַת אֱלֹהִים | yirʼāt ’ĕlōhîm} ‘fear of God’ conveys the essential attitude for godly rule. The English translation mirrors this parallelism and repetition to maintain the Hebrew’s poetic balance and theological emphasis.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–lamed–heh
“mighty one”
In context — 2 Samuel 23:3
The God of Israel has spoken, the Rock of Israel has declared to me: “A ruler among men must be just, ruling in the fear of God .”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 23:3:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 2 Samuel 23:3, 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.23.3.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.23.3.W13.S1) and character.