Genesis 1:11:2Gen.1.11.W2PAT
אֱלֹהִ֗ים
elohim
“God”
- Transliteration
- e-lo-HIM
- Extended
- eh-loh-HEEM
- IPA
- /ʔɛ.loˈhiːm/
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
- አምላክ
- 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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The word
Word in context
- word
e-lo-HIM
- phraseyour reading level
va-YO-mer e-lo-HIM
- clause
va-YO-mer e-lo-HIM tad-SHE ha-A-rets DE-she E-sev maz-RI-a ZE-ra ETS pe-RI o-SE pe-RI le-mi-NO a-SHER zar-o-VO al-ha-A-rets
- sentence
va-YO-mer e-lo-HIM tad-SHE ha-A-rets DE-she E-sev maz-RI-a ZE-ra ETS pe-RI o-SE pe-RI le-mi-NO a-SHER zar-o-VO al-ha-A-rets va-ye-hi-KHEN
In context — Genesis 1:11
God {And He} said the earth sprout vegetation plant yielding seed tree fruit bearing fruit according to its kind in which is its seed on the earth {And} it was so
About this coordinate
Genesis 1:11:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Genesis 1:11, so the Hebrew word אֱלֹהִ֗ים (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 Gen.1.11.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.1.11.W2.S1) and character.