1 Chronicles 16:14:31 Chr.16.14.W3TAB
אֱלֹהֵ֔ינוּ
elohenu
“our God”
- Transliteration
- e-lo-HE-nu
- Extended
- eh-loh-HEE-noo
- IPA
- /ʔɛloˈheːnuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- our God
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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
e-lo-HE-nu
- phraseyour reading level
Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-nu
- sentence
HU Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-nu be-KHOL-ha-A-rets mish-pa-TAV
Exegesis
The verse opens with an equative, verbless identification clause: hu {ה֚וּא | hû} ‘He’ functions as the subject, and the following divine designation YHWH eloheinu {יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵ֔ינוּ | Yə-hō-wāh ʾĕ-lō-hê-nû} ‘the LORD our God’ identifies who He is, requiring an implied English copula (“is”).
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–lamed–heh
“god, mighty one”
In context — 1 Chronicles 16:14
He is the LORD our God ; His judgments are in all the earth.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 16:14:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Chronicles 16:14, so the Hebrew word אֱלֹהֵ֔ינוּ (elohenu) 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 1 Chr.16.14.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.16.14.W3.S1) and character.