Exodus 21:13:4Exod.21.13.W4TAB
וְהָאֱלֹהִ֖ים
vehaelohim
“but God”
- Transliteration
- ve-ha-e-lo-HIM
- Extended
- veh-hah-eh-loh-HEEM
- IPA
- /wə.haː.ʔɛ.loˈhiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- but God
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ha-e-lo-HIM
- clause
va-a-SHER LO tsa-DA ve-ha-e-lo-HIM i-NA le-ya-DO
- sentence
va-a-SHER LO tsa-DA ve-ha-e-lo-HIM i-NA le-ya-DO ve-sam-TI le-KHA ma-KOM a-SHER ya-NOOS sha-MA
Exegesis
The conjunction veha'elohim {וְהָאֱלֹהִים | wə-hā-ʾĕ-lō-hîm} links divine agency to the causative innah {אִנָּה | ʾin-nāh} ‘caused’ combined with the prepositional phrase leyado {לְיָדוֹ | lə-yā-ḏō} ‘into his hand’ to express sovereign determination.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph-lamed-heh
“god, mighty one”
In context — Exodus 21:13
If he did not lie in wait but God delivered him into his hand, then I will appoint for you a place where he may flee.
About this coordinate
Exodus 21:13:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Exodus 21:13, so the Hebrew word וְהָאֱלֹהִ֖ים (vehaelohim) 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.21.13.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.21.13.W4.S1) and character.