Exodus 18:1:10Exod.18.1.W10TAB

אֱלֹהִים֙

elohim

God

Transliteration
e-lo-HIM
Extended
eh-loh-HEEM
IPA
/ʔɛ.lo.ˈhiːm/

Meaning by language

English
God

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Result
אֱ + לֹ + הִים֙
e + lo + him
elohim

Alphabet Analysis

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

    e-lo-HIM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ET kol-a-SHER a-SA e-lo-HIM

  3. clause

    va-yish-MA yit-RO kho-HEN mid-YAN kho-TEN mo-SHEH ET kol-a-SHER a-SA e-lo-HIM le-mo-SHEH u-le-yis-ra-EL am-MO

  4. sentence

    va-yish-MA yit-RO kho-HEN mid-YAN kho-TEN mo-SHEH ET kol-a-SHER a-SA e-lo-HIM le-mo-SHEH u-le-yis-ra-EL am-MO ki-ho-TSI Ye-ho-VAH ET-yis-ra-EL mim-mits-RA-yim

Exegesis

The direct object marker et {אֵת | ʾēṯ} plus kol-asher {כָּל־אֲשֶׁר | kāl-ʾă-šer} ‘all that’ introduce a relative clause asah Elohim {עָשָׂה אֱלֹהִים | ʿā-śāh ʾĕ-lō-hîm} ‘had done for Moses and for Israel his people.’

Root and etymology

deity, mighty one

In contextExodus 18:1

And Jethro, the priest of Midian and Moses’ father-in-law, heard of all that God had accomplished for Moses and for Israel his people—how the LORD had brought Israel out from Egypt.

About this coordinate

Exodus 18:1:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Exodus 18:1, so the Hebrew word אֱלֹהִים֙ (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 Exod.18.1.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.18.1.W10.S1) and character.