Deuteronomy 13:2:9Deut.13.2.W9TABWLC Deuteronomy 13:3
אֱלֹהִ֔ים
elohim
“gods”
- Transliteration
- e-lo-HIM
- Extended
- eh-loh-HEEM
- IPA
- /ʔɛloˈhiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- gods
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
a-cha-REI e-lo-HIM
- clause
ne-le-KHA a-cha-REI e-lo-HIM a-SHER LO ye-da-TA-m
- sentence
ve-VA ha-OT ve-ha-mo-FET a-SHER-DI-ber e-LEI-kha lei-MOR ne-le-KHA a-cha-REI e-lo-HIM a-SHER LO ye-da-TA-m ve-na-av-DEM
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase acharei elohim acherim {אַחֲרֵי אֱלֹהִים אֲחֵרִים | ʾaḥărê ʾĕlōhîm ʾăḥērîm} ‘after other gods’ marks idolatrous pursuit, further specified by the negative relative clause asher lo yedatam {אֲשֶׁר לֹא יְדַעְתָּם | ʾăšer lōʾ yᵊḏaʿ-tām} ‘which you have not known’, emphasizing forbidden novelty. The syntax preserves Hebrew clause order, maintaining the conditional protasis and the transition to direct speech without reordering.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph-lamed-chet
“god, deity”
In context — Deuteronomy 13:2
And the sign and the wonder that he spoke to you about has come to pass, saying, “Let us go after other gods —which you have not known—and let us serve them;”
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 13:2:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Deuteronomy 13:2, so the Hebrew word אֱלֹהִ֔ים (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 Deut.13.2.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.13.2.W9.S1) and character.