Genesis 17:8:15Gen.17.8.W15PAT

לֵאלֹהִֽים׃

leelohim

God

Transliteration
le-e-lo-HIM
Extended
leh-eh-loh-HEEM
IPA
/leː.ʔɛ.lo.ˈhiːm/

Meaning by language

English
God
French
Dieu
Spanish
Dios
Portuguese
Deus
German
Gott
Russian
Богом
Arabic-Simplified
إِلَهًا
Hindi
परमेश्वर
Chinese-Simplified
Korean
하나님
Indonesian
Allah
Bengali
ঈশ্বর
Tagalog
Diyos
Swahili
Mungu
Amharic
አምላክ
Yoruba
Ọlọrun
Igbo
Chineke
Twi
Onyankopɔn
Ewe
Mawu

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Result
לֵ + א + לֹ + הִֽים׃
le + e + lo + him
leelohim

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Lamedl as in law
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    le-e-lo-HIM

  2. clause

    ve-ha-YI-ti la-HEM le-e-lo-HIM

  3. sentence

    ve-na-ta-TI le-KHA u-le-zar-a-KHA a-kha-RE-kha ET E-rets me-gu-RE-kha ET kol-E-rets ke-na-AN la-a-khu-ZAT o-LAM ve-ha-YI-ti la-HEM le-e-lo-HIM

In contextGenesis 17:8

I will give to you and to your offspring after you the land of your sojournings all the land of Canaan for a possession for ever I will be their God

About this coordinate

Genesis 17:8:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Genesis 17:8, so the Hebrew word לֵאלֹהִֽים׃ (leelohim) 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.17.8.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.17.8.W15.S1) and character.