Genesis 7:16:9Gen.7.16.W9PAT

אֱלֹהִ֑ים

elohim

God

Transliteration
e-lo-HIM
Extended
eh-loh-HEEM
IPA
/ʔɛ.loː.ˈhiːm/

Meaning by language

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

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Result
אֱ + לֹ + הִ֑ים
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. clause

    ve-ha-ba-IM za-KHAR u-ne-ke-VA mi-kol-ba-SAR BA-u ka-a-SHER tsi-VA o-TO e-lo-HIM

  3. sentence

    ve-ha-ba-IM za-KHAR u-ne-ke-VA mi-kol-ba-SAR BA-u ka-a-SHER tsi-VA o-TO e-lo-HIM va-yis-GOR Ye-ho-VAH ba-a-DO

In contextGenesis 7:16

and the ones entering male and female of all flesh entered as God commanded him LORD shut in

About this coordinate

Genesis 7:16:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 7:16, so the Hebrew word אֱלֹהִ֑ים (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.7.16.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.7.16.W9.S1) and character.