Nehemiah 13:7:14Neh.13.7.W14TAB

הָאֱלֹהִֽים׃

haelohim

God

Transliteration
ha-e-lo-HIM
Extended
haa-eh-loh-HEEM
IPA
/haː.ʔɛloˈhiːm/

Meaning by language

English
God

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
הָ + אֱ + לֹ + הִֽים׃
ha + e + lo + him
haelohim

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Qametslong 'ah'
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Hateph Segholreduced 'eh'
Lamedl as in law
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ha-e-lo-HIM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    BET ha-e-lo-HIM

  3. clause

    va-a-vi-NA va-ra-A a-SHER a-SA el-ya-SHIV le-to-vi-YA la-a-SOT LO nish-ke-KA be-kha-tsre BET ha-e-lo-HIM

  4. sentence

    va-a-VO li-ru-sha-LA-im va-a-vi-NA va-ra-A a-SHER a-SA el-ya-SHIV le-to-vi-YA la-a-SOT LO nish-ke-KA be-kha-tsre BET ha-e-lo-HIM

Exegesis

The noun niš-kāh {נִשְׁכָּ֔ה | niš-kāh} ‘chamber’ appears in the locative phrase bə-ḥaṣṯrê bêyt hā-ʼĕlōhîm {בְּחַצְרֵ֖י בֵּ֥ית הָאֱלֹהִֽים | bə-ḥaṣṯrê bêyt hā-ʼĕlō-hîm} ‘in the courts of the house of God,’ completing a multi-stage construct chain. This structure highlights the impropriety of allotting private space within a sacred precinct.

Root and etymology

ʾ–l–h

God, mighty one

In contextNehemiah 13:7

And I came to Jerusalem, and I learned of the evil that Eliashib did for Tobiah to make for him a chamber in the courts of the house of God .

About this coordinate

Nehemiah 13:7:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Nehemiah 13:7, so the Hebrew word הָאֱלֹהִֽים׃ (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 Neh.13.7.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Neh.13.7.W14.S1) and character.