Exodus 22:20:2Exod.22.20.W2TABWLC Exodus 22:19
לָאֱלֹהִ֖ים
laelohim
“to any god”
- Transliteration
- la-e-lo-HIM
- Extended
- lah-eh-loh-HEEM
- IPA
- /laː.ʔɛ.lo.ˈhiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- to any god
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
la-e-lo-HIM
- phraseyour reading level
zo-VE-akh la-e-lo-HIM
- clause
zo-VE-akh la-e-lo-HIM ya-kho-RAM
- sentence
zo-VE-akh la-e-lo-HIM ya-kho-RAM bil-TI la-ye-ho-VAH le-vad-DO
Exegesis
This is followed by la’elohim {לָאֱלֹהִים | lā-ʾĕ-lō-hîm}, which sets a broad referent outside the covenant.
Root and etymology
א־ל־ה
“god, mighty one”
In context — Exodus 22:20
Whoever sacrifices to gods —except to the LORD alone—must be devoted to destruction.
About this coordinate
Exodus 22:20:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Exodus 22:20, so the Hebrew word לָאֱלֹהִ֖ים (laelohim) 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.22.20.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.22.20.W2.S1) and character.