Genesis 20:17:5Gen.20.17.W5PAT
אֱלֹהִ֜ים
elohim
“God”
- Transliteration
- e-lo-HIM
- Extended
- eh-loh-HEEM
- IPA
- /ʔɛ̆.lo.ˈhiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- God
- French
- Dieu
- Spanish
- Dios
- Portuguese
- Deus
- German
- Gott
- Russian
- Бог
- Arabic-Simplified
- اللَّهُ
- Hindi
- परमेश्वर
- Chinese-Simplified
- 神
- Korean
- 하나님
- Indonesian
- Allah
- Bengali
- ঈশ্বর
- Tagalog
- ang Diyos
- Swahili
- Mungu
- Amharic
- እግዚአብሔር
- 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
- phraseyour reading level
va-yir-PA e-lo-HIM
- clause
va-yir-PA e-lo-HIM et-a-vee-ME-lekh ve-et-ish-TO ve-am-ho-TAV va-ye-le-DU
- sentence
va-yit-pa-LEL a-vra-HAM el-ha-e-lo-HIM va-yir-PA e-lo-HIM et-a-vee-ME-lekh ve-et-ish-TO ve-am-ho-TAV va-ye-le-DU
In context — Genesis 20:17
Abraham prayed to God God healed Abimelech and his wife and his maidservants gave birth
About this coordinate
Genesis 20:17:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 20:17, so the Hebrew word אֱלֹהִ֜ים (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.20.17.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.20.17.W5.S1) and character.