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Genesis 17:18

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Masoretic Text 1524

H559 said ויאמר

H85 And Abraham אברהם

H413 unto אל

H430 God האלהים

H3863 O that לו

H3458 Ishmael ישׁמעאל

H2421 might live יחיה

H6440 before לפניך׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

And

H85 Abraham

H559 said

H413 unto

H430 God

H3863 that

H3458 Ishmael

might

H2421 live

H6440 before

thee

Hebrew-English Dictionary

Strongs: H430

Hebrew: אֱלֹהִים

Transliteration: ʼĕlôhîym

Pronunciation: el-o-heem'

Part of Speech: Noun Masculine

Bible Usage: {angels} X-(idiom) {exceeding} God (gods) ({-dess} {-ly}) X-(idiom) (very) {great} {judges} X-(idiom) mighty.

Definition:

gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural {thus} especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative

1. (plural)

a. rulers, judges

b. divine ones

c. angels

d. gods

2. (plural intensive - singular meaning)

a. god, goddess

b. godlike one

c. works or special possessions of God

d. the (true) God

e. God

The Brown-Driver-Briggs
Hebrew-English Lexicon (BDB) 1906