Exodus 3:4:8Exod.3.4.W8PAT
אֱלֹהִ֜ים
elohim
“God”
- Transliteration
- e-lo-HIM
- Extended
- eh-loh-HEEM
- IPA
- /ʔɛ.lo.ˈhiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- God
- French
- Dieu
- Spanish
- Dios
- Portuguese
- Deus
- German
- Gott
- Russian
- Бог
- Arabic-Simplified
- اللَّه
- Hindi
- परमेश्वर
- Chinese-Simplified
- 神
- Korean
- 하나님
- Indonesian
- Allah
- Bengali
- ঈশ্বর
- Tagalog
- Diyos
- Swahili
- Mungu
- Amharic
- እግዚአብሔር
- Yoruba
- Ọlọrun
- Igbo
- Chineke
- Twi
- Onyankopɔn
- Ewe
- Mawu
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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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
e-lo-HIM
- phraseyour reading level
va-yik-RA e-LAV e-lo-HIM
- clause
va-yik-RA e-LAV e-lo-HIM mi-TOKH has-se-NEH va-YO-mer mo-SHEH mo-SHEH va-YO-mer hin-NE-ni
- sentence
va-YAR Ye-ho-VAH KI SAR li-re-OT va-yik-RA e-LAV e-lo-HIM mi-TOKH has-se-NEH va-YO-mer mo-SHEH mo-SHEH va-YO-mer hin-NE-ni
In context — Exodus 3:4
and he saw LORD that he turned aside to see and called to him God from the midst of the bush and said Moses Moses and he said here I am
About this coordinate
Exodus 3:4:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Exodus 3:4, so the Hebrew word אֱלֹהִ֜ים (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 Exod.3.4.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.3.4.W8.S1) and character.