Genesis 17:18:3Gen.17.18.W3TAB
אֶל־הֽ͏ָאֱלֹהִ֑ים
elhaelohim
“to God”
- Transliteration
- el-ha-e-lo-HIM
- Extended
- el-hah-eh-loh-HEEM
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.haː.ʔɛ.lo.ˈhiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- to God
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
el-ha-e-lo-HIM
- clause
va-YO-mer av-ra-HAM el-ha-e-lo-HIM
- sentence
va-YO-mer av-ra-HAM el-ha-e-lo-HIM LU yish-ma-EL yikh-YEH le-fa-NE-kha
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase el haElohim {אֶל־הָאֱלֹהִים | ʾel-hā-ʾĕ-lō-hîm} ‘to the God’ explicitly marks God as the addressee of the petition.
Root and etymology
ʾ-l-haleph-lamed-heh
“god, mighty one”
In context — Genesis 17:18
Abraham said to God , “May Ishmael live before You !”
About this coordinate
Genesis 17:18:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 17:18, so the Hebrew word אֶל־הֽ͏ָאֱלֹהִ֑ים (elhaelohim) 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 Gen.17.18.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.17.18.W3.S1) and character.