Genesis 21:23:4Gen.21.23.W4TAB
בֵֽאלֹהִים֙
veelohim
“by God”
- Transliteration
- ve-e-lo-HIM
- Extended
- veh-eh-loh-HEEM
- IPA
- /veː.ʔɛ.loˈhiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- by God
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-e-lo-HIM
- phraseyour reading level
hi-SHA-ve-a LI ve-e-lo-HIM
- clause
ve-at-TA hi-SHA-ve-a LI ve-e-lo-HIM HEN-na im-tish-KOR LI u-le-ni-NI u-le-nekh-DI
- sentence
ve-at-TA hi-SHA-ve-a LI ve-e-lo-HIM HEN-na im-tish-KOR LI u-le-ni-NI u-le-nekh-DI ka-KHE-sed a-sher-a-SI-ti im-me-KHA ta-a-SE im-ma-DI ve-im-ha-A-rets a-sher-GAR-ta BAH
Exegesis
The Niphal imperative hiššāḇəʿāh {הִשָּׁבְעָה | hiš-šā-ḇə-ʿāh} ‘swear’ takes lī {לִּי | lī} ‘to me’ as indirect object and the prepositional phrase bəʾelohim {בֵאלֹהִים | bē-ʾĕ-lō-hîm} ‘by God’ as witness.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–lamed–heh
“to be mighty, divine”
In context — Genesis 21:23
And now, swear to me here by God that you will not deal falsely with me or with my descendants , or with my descendants after them; but according to the kindness that I have shown you, you shall do with me and with the land in which you have sojourned.
About this coordinate
Genesis 21:23:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 21:23, so the Hebrew word בֵֽאלֹהִים֙ (veelohim) 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.21.23.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.21.23.W4.S1) and character.