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
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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The word
Word in context
- word
e-lo-HIM
- phraseyour reading level
ET kol-a-SHER a-SA e-lo-HIM
- 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
- 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 context — Exodus 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.