Genesis 17:23:24Gen.17.23.W24PAT
אֱלֹהִֽים׃
elohim
“God”
- Transliteration
- e-lo-HIM
- Extended
- eh-loh-HEEM
- IPA
- /ʔɛ.lo.ˈhiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- God
- French
- Dieu
- Spanish
- Dios
- Russian
- Бог
- Arabic-Simplified
- اللَّه
- Hindi
- परमेश्वर
- Chinese-Simplified
- 神
- Swahili
- Mungu
- Twi
- Onyankopɔn
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
- clause
va-ya-MAL ET-be-SAR or-la-TAM be-E-tsem ha-YOM ha-ZEH ka-a-SHER di-BER i-TO e-lo-HIM
- sentence
va-yik-KAKH a-ve-ra-HAM ET-yi-she-ma-EL be-NO ve-ET kol-ye-li-DEI vei-TO ve-ET kol-mi-ke-NAT ka-se-PO kol-za-KHAR be-a-ne-SHEI BEIT a-ve-ra-HAM va-ya-MAL ET-be-SAR or-la-TAM be-E-tsem ha-YOM ha-ZEH ka-a-SHER di-BER i-TO e-lo-HIM
In context — Genesis 17:23
in the very the day this Abraham and took Ishmael his son and all those born of his house and all acquisition of his silver every male among the men of the house of Abraham and he circumcised flesh of their foreskin just as God he spoke with him
About this coordinate
Genesis 17:23:24 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 24 of Genesis 17:23, so the Hebrew word אֱלֹהִֽים׃ (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.17.23.W24, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.17.23.W24.S1) and character.