Genesis 20:11:7Gen.20.11.W7TAB
אֱלֹהִ֔ים
elohim
“God”
- Transliteration
- e-lo-HIM
- Extended
- eh-loh-HEEM
- IPA
- /ʔɛ.loˈhiːm/
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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Word in context
- word
e-lo-HIM
- phraseyour reading level
en-yi-re-AT e-lo-HIM
- clause
va-YO-mer av-ra-HAM KI a-MAR-ti RAK en-yi-re-AT e-lo-HIM ba-ma-KOM ha-ZEH
- sentence
va-YO-mer av-ra-HAM KI a-MAR-ti RAK en-yi-re-AT e-lo-HIM ba-ma-KOM ha-ZEH va-ha-ra-GU-ni al-de-VAR ish-TI
Exegesis
The existential clause ein yirat Elohim {אֵין־יִרְאַת אֱלֹהִ֔ים | ʾên yir-ʾat ʾĕ-lō-hîm} ‘there is no fear of God’ employs the nonexistence particle ein plus a construct chain to depict the absence of divine reverence.
Root and etymology
ʾ-l-haleph–lamed–heh
“God, mighty one”
In context — Genesis 20:11
And Abraham said, “Because I said, ‘Surely there is no fear of God in this place, and they will kill me because of the matter of my wife.’”
About this coordinate
Genesis 20:11:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 20:11, so the Hebrew word אֱלֹהִ֔ים (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.20.11.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.20.11.W7.S1) and character.