Genesis 21:2:10Gen.21.2.W10TAB
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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Word in context
- word
e-lo-HIM
- clause
la-mo-ED a-sher-di-BER o-TO e-lo-HIM
- sentence
va-ta-HAR va-TE-led sa-RA le-av-ra-HAM BEN li-ze-ku-NAV la-mo-ED a-sher-di-BER o-TO e-lo-HIM
Exegesis
The relative pronoun ʾăšer {אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾăšer} begins the clause that concludes with dibbēr {דִּבֶּ֥ר | dibbēr} ‘he spoke’, ʾōṯô {אֹת֖וֹ | ʾōṯô} ‘to him’, and ʾĕlōhîm {אֱלֹהִֽים׃ | ʾĕlōhîm} ‘God’, where the placement of God at the end underscores divine agency in the promise’s fulfillment. The translation preserves the Hebrew past narrative and the focus on the divinely spoken word now realized.
Root and etymology
ʾ-l-haleph–lamed–heh
“mighty one, deity”
In context — Genesis 21:2
Sarah conceived and gave Abraham a son when he was old, at the appointed time that God had spoken to him.
About this coordinate
Genesis 21:2:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Genesis 21:2, 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.21.2.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.21.2.W10.S1) and character.