Genesis 2:22:3Gen.2.22.W3TAB
אֱלֹהִ֧ים
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
- phraseyour reading level
va-yi-VEN Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HIM et-ha-tse-LA
- clause
va-yi-VEN Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HIM et-ha-tse-LA a-sher-la-KAKH min-ha-a-DAM le-ish-SHA
- sentence
va-yi-VEN Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HIM et-ha-tse-LA a-sher-la-KAKH min-ha-a-DAM le-ish-SHA va-ye-vi-E-ha el-ha-a-DAM
Exegesis
The compound divine designation YHWH Elohim {יְהוָ֨ה אֱלֹהִ֧ים | Yə-hō-wāh ʾĕ-lō-hîm} ‘the LORD God’ between these verbs highlights the single divine agent performing both actions.
Root and etymology
ʾ-l-haleph–lamed–heh
“mighty one, God”
In context — Genesis 2:22
And the LORD God built the rib—which He had taken from the man—into a woman , and He brought her to the man.
About this coordinate
Genesis 2:22:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 2:22, so the Hebrew word אֱלֹהִ֧ים (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.2.22.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.2.22.W3.S1) and character.