Genesis 17:23:24Gen.17.23.W24TAB
אֱלֹהִֽים׃
elohim
“God”
- Transliteration
- e-lo-HIM
- Extended
- eh-loh-HEEM
- IPA
- /ʔɛ.lo.ˈhiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- God
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
e-lo-HIM
- clause
va-ya-MAL ET-be-SAR or-la-TAM be-E-tsem ha-YOM ha-ZEH ka-a-SHER di-BER i-TO e-lo-HIM
- sentence
va-yik-KAKH av-ra-HAM ET-yish-ma-EL be-NO ve-ET kol-ye-li-DEI vei-TO ve-ET kol-mik-NAT kas-PO kol-za-KHAR be-an-SHEI BEIT av-ra-HAM va-ya-MAL ET-be-SAR or-la-TAM be-E-tsem ha-YOM ha-ZEH ka-a-SHER di-BER i-TO e-lo-HIM
Exegesis
The clause ka-asher dibber itto Elohim {כַּאֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר אִתּוֹ אֱלֹהִים | ka-ʾă-šer dib-bēr ʾit-tō ʾĕlōhîm} ‘just as God had spoken to him’ connects Abraham’s action directly to the divine command.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–lamed–heh
“god, mighty one”
In context — Genesis 17:23
That same day Abraham took Ishmael his son, along with everyone born in his house and everyone bought with his silver —every male in Abraham’s household—and he circumcised the flesh of their foreskin, just as God had spoken to him.
About this coordinate
Genesis 17:23:24 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 24 of Genesis 17:23, so the Hebrew word אֱלֹהִֽים׃ (elohim) 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.17.23.W24, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.17.23.W24.S1) and character.