Genesis 21:22:10Gen.21.22.W10TAB
אֱלֹהִ֣ים
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
- phraseyour reading level
e-lo-HIM im-me-KHA
- clause
e-lo-HIM im-me-KHA be-KHOL a-sher-a-TA o-SE
- sentence
va-ye-HI ba-ET ha-HI va-YO-mer a-vi-ME-lekh u-fi-KHOL sar-tse-va-O el-av-ra-HAM le-MOR e-lo-HIM im-me-KHA be-KHOL a-sher-a-TA o-SE
Exegesis
The nominal clause Elohim immekha {אֱלֹהִ֣ים עִמְּךָ֔ | ʾĕlōhîm ʿimməḵā} ‘God with you’ is rendered with an English copula, followed by the relative clause bekhol asher attah oseh {בְּכֹ֥ל אֲשֶׁר־אַתָּ֖ה עֹשֶֽׂה | bəḵōl ʾăšer ʾattāh ʿōśeh} ‘in all that you do’, specifying the scope of Abraham’s activities under divine presence.
Root and etymology
ʾ-l-haleph–lamed–heh
“to be mighty”
In context — Genesis 21:22
And it was then that Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, spoke to Abraham and declared, “God is with you in every thing you do.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 21:22:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Genesis 21:22, so the Hebrew word אֱלֹהִ֣ים (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.21.22.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.21.22.W10.S1) and character.