Genesis 48:9:7Gen.48.9.W7PAT

אֱלֹהִ֖ים

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
Gott
Russian
Бог
Arabic-Simplified
اللَّه
Hindi
परमेश्वर ने
Chinese-Simplified
Korean
하나님이
Indonesian
Allah
Bengali
ঈশ্বর
Tagalog
Diyos
Swahili
Mungu
Amharic
አምላክ
Yoruba
Ọlọrun
Igbo
Chineke
Twi
Onyankopɔn
Ewe
Mawu

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Result
אֱ + לֹ + הִ֖ים
e + lo + him
elohim

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Hateph Segholreduced 'eh'
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

    e-lo-HIM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    a-sher-na-tan-LI e-lo-HIM

  3. clause

    va-YO-mer yo-SEF el-a-VIV ba-NAI HEM a-sher-na-tan-LI e-lo-HIM ba-ZEH

  4. sentence

    va-YO-mer yo-SEF el-a-VIV ba-NAI HEM a-sher-na-tan-LI e-lo-HIM ba-ZEH va-YO-mar ka-khem-NA e-LAI va-a-va-ra-KHEM

In contextGenesis 48:9

{And} {He} said Joseph to his father my sons they whom gave me God here {And} He said bring them, please to me that I may bless them

About this coordinate

Genesis 48:9:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 48:9, so the Hebrew word אֱלֹהִ֖ים (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.48.9.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.48.9.W7.S1) and character.