Genesis 28:21:8Gen.28.21.W8TAB
לֵאלֹהִֽים׃
leelohim
“as God”
- Transliteration
- le-e-lo-HIM
- Extended
- leh-eh-loh-HEEM
- IPA
- /leː.ʔɛ.lo.ˈhiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- as God
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
le-e-lo-HIM
- clause
ve-ha-YA Ye-ho-VAH LI le-e-lo-HIM
- sentence
ve-shav-TI ve-sha-LOM el-BEIT a-VI ve-ha-YA Ye-ho-VAH LI le-e-lo-HIM
Exegesis
The apodosis begins with ve-hayah {וְהָיָ֧ה | wə-hā-yāh} ‘and will be,’ followed by YHWH {יְהוָ֛ה | Yə-hō-wāh} as subject, and the dative li le-elohim {לִ֖י לֵאלֹהִֽים | lī lē-ʾĕ-lō-hîm} ‘for me as God’ functioning as a predicate of covenantal relationship. In English this is rendered as a continuation with a comma and ‘then’ to preserve the logical consequence while balancing literal syntax with relational nuance.
Root and etymology
ʾ-l-haleph–lamed–heh
“mighty one, god”
In context — Genesis 28:21
And I return in peace to my father’s house, then the LORD will be God to me.
About this coordinate
Genesis 28:21:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 28:21, so the Hebrew word לֵאלֹהִֽים׃ (leelohim) 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.28.21.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.28.21.W8.S1) and character.