Genesis 1:27:2Gen.1.27.W2PAT
אֱלֹהִ֤ים
elohim
“God”
- Transliteration
- e-lo-HIM
- Extended
- eh-loh-HEEM
- IPA
- /ʔɛ̆.loː.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 et-ha-a-DAM
- clause
va-yiv-RA e-lo-HIM et-ha-a-DAM be-tsal-MO be-TSE-lem e-lo-HIM ba-RA o-TO
- sentence
va-yiv-RA e-lo-HIM et-ha-a-DAM be-tsal-MO be-TSE-lem e-lo-HIM ba-RA o-TO za-KHAR u-ne-ke-VA ba-RA o-TAM
In context — Genesis 1:27
God {And He} created the human in his image in the image of God he created him male and female he created them
About this coordinate
Genesis 1:27:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Genesis 1:27, so the Hebrew word אֱלֹהִ֤ים (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.1.27.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.1.27.W2.S1) and character.