Judges 16:24:5Judg.16.24.W5TAB
אֶת־אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֑ם
etelohehem
“{direct object} their god or their gods”
- Transliteration
- et-e-lo-HE-hem
- Extended
- eht-eh-loh-HEE-hehm
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.ʔɛloːheːˈhɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- {direct object} their god or their gods
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
et-e-lo-HE-hem
- clause
va-yir-U o-TO ha-AM va-ye-hal-LU et-e-lo-HE-hem
- sentence
va-yir-U o-TO ha-AM va-ye-hal-LU et-e-lo-HE-hem KI am-RU na-TAN e-lo-HE-nu ve-ya-DE-nu et-o-ye-VE-nu ve-ET ma-kha-RIV ar-TSE-nu va-a-SHER hir-BA et-kha-la-LE-nu
Exegesis
The definite direct object marker ʾet {אֶת | ʾet} signals definiteness.
Construct chains such as ʾĕlōhêhem {אֱלֹהֵיהֶם | ʾĕ-lō-hê-hem} ‘their God’ and ʾĕlōhênû {אֱלֹהֵינוּ | ʾĕ-lō-hê-nû} ‘our God’ denote communal possession.
In context — Judges 16:24
And when the people saw him, they praised their God , for they said, “Our God has given our enemy into our hand, even the one who devastated our land and who multiplied our slain .”
About this coordinate
Judges 16:24:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Judges 16:24, so the Hebrew word אֶת־אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֑ם (etelohehem) 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.16.24.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.16.24.W5.S1) and character.