Genesis 1:28:3Gen.1.28.W3PAT
אֱלֹהִים֒
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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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
e-lo-HIM
- clause
va-ye-VA-rekh o-TAM e-lo-HIM va-YO-mer la-HEM e-lo-HIM pe-RU u-re-VU u-mil-U et-ha-A-rets ve-khiv-SHU-ha
- sentence
va-ye-VA-rekh o-TAM e-lo-HIM va-YO-mer la-HEM e-lo-HIM pe-RU u-re-VU u-mil-U et-ha-A-rets ve-khiv-SHU-ha u-re-DU bid-GAT ha-YAM u-ve-OF ha-sha-MA-yim u-ve-khol-khai-YA ha-ro-ME-set al-ha-A-rets
In context — Genesis 1:28
God {And He} blessed them God {And He} said to them be fruitful multiply fill the earth subdue it rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living creature that moves upon the earth
About this coordinate
Genesis 1:28:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 1:28, so the Hebrew word אֱלֹהִים֒ (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.1.28.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.1.28.W3.S1) and character.