Judges 13:7:14Judg.13.7.W14TAB
אֱלֹהִים֙
elohim
“of God”
- Transliteration
- e-lo-HIM
- Extended
- eh-loh-HEEM
- IPA
- /ʔɛloˈhiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- of 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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The word
Word in context
- word
e-lo-HIM
- phraseyour reading level
ki-ne-ZIR e-lo-HIM
- clause
ve-a-TA al-tish-TE YA-yin ve-she-KHAR ve-al-to-KHLI kol-tu-me-A ki-ne-ZIR e-lo-HIM yih-YE ha-NA-ar min-ha-BE-ten ad-YOM mo-TO
- sentence
va-YO-mer LI hi-NAKH ha-RA ve-yo-LAD-te BEN ve-a-TA al-tish-TE YA-yin ve-she-KHAR ve-al-to-KHLI kol-tu-me-A ki-ne-ZIR e-lo-HIM yih-YE ha-NA-ar min-ha-BE-ten ad-YOM mo-TO
Root and etymology
ʾ-l-h
“mighty one, deity”
In context — Judges 13:7
And he said to me, “Behold, you shall conceive and bear a son; and now you must not drink wine or strong drink, nor shall you eat any unclean thing, for the boy shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb until the day of his death.”
About this coordinate
Judges 13:7:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Judges 13:7, so the Hebrew word אֱלֹהִים֙ (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 Judg.13.7.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.13.7.W14.S1) and character.