Exodus 18:21:5Exod.18.21.W5TAB
יִרְאֵ֧י אֱלֹהִ֛ים
yirei elohim
“who fear God”
- Transliteration
- yir-EI e-lo-HIM
- Extended
- yir-EI eh-loh-HEEM
- IPA
- /jirˈʔeː ʔɛloˈhiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- who fear God
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| 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
yir-EI e-lo-HIM
- clause
ve-a-TA te-khe-ZE mi-KOL-ha-AM an-SHEI-KHAY-il yir-EI e-lo-HIM an-SHEI e-MET sohn-EI VAA-tsa
- sentence
ve-a-TA te-khe-ZE mi-KOL-ha-AM an-SHEI-KHAY-il yir-EI e-lo-HIM an-SHEI e-MET sohn-EI VAA-tsa ve-sam-TA a-le-HEM sa-REI a-la-FIM sa-REI meh-OT sa-REI kha-mi-SHIM ve-sa-REI a-sa-ROT
Exegesis
A tightly packed series of construct phrases—anshei-chayil {אַנְשֵׁי־חַיִל | ʾan-šê-ḥayil} ‘men of ability’, yirei Elohim {יִרְאֵי אֱלֹהִים | yir-ʾê ʾĕ-lō-hîm} ‘those who fear God’, anshei emet {אַנְשֵׁי אֱמֶת | ʾan-šê ʾĕ-met} ‘men of truth’, and son'ei batsa {שֹׂנְאֵי בָצַע | śōn-ʾê bā-ṣaʿ} ‘haters of unjust gain’—uses asyndeton to produce a cumulative portrayal of enduring virtues.
Root and etymology
consonantsAleph–Lamed–Heh
“god, mighty one”
In context — Exodus 18:21
And you shall select from all the people men of ability , those who fear God , men of truth, those who hate dishonest gain; and you shall appoint them as leaders over thousands, leaders of hundreds, leaders of fifties, and leaders of tens.
About this coordinate
Exodus 18:21:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Exodus 18:21, so the Hebrew word יִרְאֵ֧י אֱלֹהִ֛ים (yirei 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.18.21.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.18.21.W5.S1) and character.