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
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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
ha-e-lo-HIM
- phraseyour reading level
HAR ha-e-lo-HIM
- clause
el-ham-mid-BAR a-sher-HU kho-NEH SHAM HAR ha-e-lo-HIM
- 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 context — Exodus 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.