Genesis 17:8:15Gen.17.8.W15TAB
לֵאלֹהִֽים׃
leelohim
“God”
- Transliteration
- le-e-lo-HIM
- Extended
- leh-eh-loh-HEEM
- IPA
- /leː.ʔɛ.lo.ˈhiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- God
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| 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
le-e-lo-HIM
- clause
ve-ha-YI-ti la-HEM le-e-lo-HIM
- sentence
ve-na-tat-TI le-KHA u-le-zar-a-KHA a-kha-RE-kha ET E-rets me-gu-RE-kha ET kol-E-rets ke-na-AN la-a-khu-ZAT o-LAM ve-ha-YI-ti la-HEM le-e-lo-HIM
Exegesis
The covenant declaration vehayiti lahem le'elohim {וְהָיִיתִי לָהֶם לֵאלֹהִים | wə-hā-yî-ṯî lā-hem lē-ʾĕ-lō-hîm} ‘and I will be to them for God’ asserts a defining relational bond. The English rendering preserves the dual recipients, coordinated objects, temporal construct, and reciprocal covenant promise.
Root and etymology
ʾ-l-haleph–lamed–heh
“god, mighty one”
In context — Genesis 17:8
I will give to you and to your descendants after you the land where you live as a foreigner, all the land of Canaan, as an everlasting possession , and I will be God to them.
About this coordinate
Genesis 17:8:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Genesis 17:8, so the Hebrew word לֵאלֹהִֽים׃ (leelohim) 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.17.8.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.17.8.W15.S1) and character.