Genesis 1:29:2Gen.1.29.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 hin-NE na-TAT-ti la-KHEM et-kol-E-sev zo-RE-a ZE-ra a-SHER al-pe-NE kol-ha-A-rets ve-et-kol-ha-ETS a-sher-BO fe-ree-EHTS zo-RE-a ZA-ra
- sentence
va-YO-mer e-lo-HIM hin-NE na-TAT-ti la-KHEM et-kol-E-sev zo-RE-a ZE-ra a-SHER al-pe-NE kol-ha-A-rets ve-et-kol-ha-ETS a-sher-BO fe-ree-EHTS zo-RE-a ZA-ra la-KHEM yih-YE le-okh-LA
In context — Genesis 1:29
God {And He} said behold I have given to you every herb yielding seed that on the face of all the earth and every tree in which fruit of a tree yielding seed for you shall be for food
About this coordinate
Genesis 1:29:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Genesis 1:29, 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.1.29.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.1.29.W2.S1) and character.