Genesis 1:21:2Gen.1.21.W2PAT
אֱלֹהִ֔ים
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
- 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-yiv-RA e-lo-HIM
- clause
va-yiv-RA e-lo-HIM et-ha-ta-ni-NIM ha-ge-do-LIM
- sentence
va-yiv-RA e-lo-HIM et-ha-ta-ni-NIM ha-ge-do-LIM ve-ET kol-NE-fesh ha-khai-YA ha-ro-ME-set a-SHER sha-re-TSU ha-MA-yim le-mi-NE-hem ve-ET kol-OF ka-NAF le-mi-NE-hu va-YAR e-lo-HIM ki-TOV
In context — Genesis 1:21
God {And He} created great the sea creatures and every creature the living the moving with which swarmed the waters according to their kinds and every bird winged according to its kind God {He} saw that it was good
About this coordinate
Genesis 1:21:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Genesis 1:21, 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 Gen.1.21.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.1.21.W2.S1) and character.