Genesis 9:8:2Gen.9.8.W2PAT
אֱלֹהִים֙
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
- Chinese-Simplified
- 神
- Korean
- 하나님
- Indonesian
- Allah
- Bengali
- ঈশ্বর
- Tagalog
- Diyos
- Swahili
- Mungu
- Amharic
- እግዚአብሔር
- Yoruba
- Ọlọrun
- Igbo
- Chineke
- Twi
- Onyankopɔn
- Ewe
- Mawu
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
אֱ + לֹ + הִים֙
↓
e + lo + him
↓
elohim
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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Vowels (Niqqud)
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
e-lo-HIM
- phraseyour reading level
va-YO-mer e-lo-HIM
- sentence
va-YO-mer e-lo-HIM el-NO-akh ve-el-ba-NAV it-TO le-MOR
In context — Genesis 9:8
God said to Noah and to his sons with him saying
About this coordinate
Genesis 9:8:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Genesis 9:8, so the Hebrew word אֱלֹהִים֙ (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.9.8.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.9.8.W2.S1) and character.