Exodus 18:5:13Exod.18.5.W13TAB

הָאֱלֹהִֽים׃

haelohim

God

Transliteration
ha-e-lo-HIM
Extended
hah-eh-loh-HEEM
IPA
/haː.ʔɛ.loˈhiːm/

Meaning by language

English
God

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
הָ + אֱ + לֹ + הִֽים׃
ha + e + lo + him
haelohim

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Qametslong 'ah'
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

    ha-e-lo-HIM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    HAR ha-e-lo-HIM

  3. clause

    el-ham-mid-BAR a-sher-HU kho-NEH SHAM HAR ha-e-lo-HIM

  4. sentence

    va-ya-VO yit-RO kho-TEN mo-SHEH u-va-NAV ve-ish-TO el-mo-SHEH el-ham-mid-BAR a-sher-HU kho-NEH SHAM HAR ha-e-lo-HIM

Exegesis

The verse closes with the appositional phrase har hāʾĕlōhîm {הַר הָאֱלֹהִים | har hā-ʾĕlōhîm} ‘the mountain of God’, highlighting the sacred site of divine presence.

Root and etymology

ʾ-l-haleph–lamed–he

mighty one, deity

In contextExodus 18:5

And Jethro , the father-in-law of Moses, came with his sons and his wife to Moses, to the wilderness where he was encamping at the mountain of God .

About this coordinate

Exodus 18:5:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Exodus 18:5, so the Hebrew word הָאֱלֹהִֽים׃ (haelohim) 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.18.5.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.18.5.W13.S1) and character.