Deuteronomy 4:28:2Deut.4.28.W2PAT
אֱלֹהִ֔ים
elohim
“gods”
- Transliteration
- e-lo-HIM
- Extended
- eh-loh-HEEM
- IPA
- /ʔɛ.lo.ˈhiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- gods
- French
- dieux
- Spanish
- dioses
- Portuguese
- deuses
- German
- Götter
- Russian
- боги
- Arabic-Simplified
- آلهة
- Hindi
- देवता
- Chinese-Simplified
- 诸神
- Korean
- 신들
- Indonesian
- dewa-dewa
- Bengali
- দেবতারা
- Tagalog
- mga diyos
- Swahili
- miungu
- Amharic
- አማልክት
- Yoruba
- òrìṣà
- Igbo
- chi
- Twi
- anyame
- Ewe
- mawuwo
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
va-a-vad-tehm-SHAM e-lo-HIM
- clause
va-a-vad-tehm-SHAM e-lo-HIM ma-a-SEH ye-DEI a-DAM
- sentence
va-a-vad-tehm-SHAM e-lo-HIM ma-a-SEH ye-DEI a-DAM ETS va-E-ven a-SHER LOH-YIR-E-OON ve-LO yish-me-UN ve-LO yo-AKH-LUN ve-LO ye-ri-KHUN
In context — Deuteronomy 4:28
serve there gods work of hands of man wood and stone which not see and not hear and not eat and not smell
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 4:28:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Deuteronomy 4:28, so the Hebrew word אֱלֹהִ֔ים (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 Deut.4.28.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.4.28.W2.S1) and character.