Genesis 28:12:11Gen.28.12.W11PAT
אֱלֹהִ֔ים
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
- Gottes
- Russian
- Бога
- Arabic-Simplified
- اللَّهِ
- Hindi
- परमेश्वर के
- Chinese-Simplified
- 神的
- Korean
- 하나님의
- Indonesian
- Allah
- Bengali
- ঈশ্বরের
- Tagalog
- Diyos
- Swahili
- Mungu
- Amharic
- የእግዚአብሔር
- Yoruba
- Ọlọrun
- Igbo
- Chineke
- Twi
- Onyankopɔn
- Ewe
- Mawu ƒe
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
ma-le-a-KHEI e-lo-HIM
- clause
ve-hi-NEH ma-le-a-KHEI e-lo-HIM o-LEEM ve-yor-DEEM BO
- sentence
va-ya-kha-LOM ve-hi-NEH su-LAM mu-TSAV a-re-TSAH ve-ro-SHO ma-GI-a ha-sha-MAI-mah ve-hi-NEH ma-le-a-KHEI e-lo-HIM o-LEEM ve-yor-DEEM BO
In context — Genesis 28:12
he dreamed and behold a ladder set up on the earth and its top reaching to the heavens and behold angels of God ascending and descending on it
About this coordinate
Genesis 28:12:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Genesis 28:12, so the Hebrew word אֱלֹהִ֔ים (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.28.12.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.28.12.W11.S1) and character.