Judges 13:6:7Judg.13.6.W7TAB
הָאֱלֹהִים֙
haelohim
“of God”
- Transliteration
- ha-e-lo-HIM
- Extended
- hah-eh-loh-HEEM
- IPA
- /haː.ʔɛloˈhiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- of God
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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
ha-e-lo-HIM
- phraseyour reading level
ISH ha-e-lo-HIM
- clause
va-ta-VO ha-i-SHA va-to-MER le-i-SHAH le-MOR ISH ha-e-lo-HIM BA E-lai u-mar-E-hu ke-mar-E mal-AKH ha-e-lo-HIM no-RA me-OD
- sentence
va-ta-VO ha-i-SHA va-to-MER le-i-SHAH le-MOR ISH ha-e-lo-HIM BA E-lai u-mar-E-hu ke-mar-E mal-AKH ha-e-lo-HIM no-RA me-OD ve-LO she-il-TI-ye-hu EI-mi-ZE HU ve-ET-she-MO LO-hi-GID LI
Exegesis
The noun phrase ish haelohim {אִ֤ישׁ הָאֱלֹהִים | ʾîš hā-ʾĕ-lō-hîm} ‘a man of God’ establishes a divinely commissioned figure.
The simile umarehu kemareh malakh haelohim {וּמַרְאֵ֕הוּ כְּמַרְאֵ֛ה מַלְאַךְ הָאֱלֹהִים | ū-mār-ʾê-hû kə-mār-ʾê malʾāḵ hā-ʾĕ-lō-hîm} uses the preposition kə ‘like’ and parallel structure to compare his appearance to an angelic being.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–lamed–he
“God, mighty one”
In context — Judges 13:6
Then the woman came and said to her husband, “A man of God came to me, and he looked like an angel of God—very awesome. I did not ask him where he came from, nor did he tell me his name.”
About this coordinate
Judges 13:6:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Judges 13:6, so the Hebrew word הָאֱלֹהִים֙ (haelohim) 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 Judg.13.6.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.13.6.W7.S1) and character.