1 Chronicles 17:13:21 Chr.17.13.W2TAB
אֶֽהְיֶה־לּ֣וֹ
eheyelo
“I will be to him”
- Transliteration
- e-he-YE-LO
- Extended
- eh-heh-YEH-LOH
- IPA
- /ʔɛh.jɛˈlːoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- I will be to him
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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The word
Word in context
- word
e-he-YE-LO
- phraseyour reading level
e-he-YE-LO le-AV
- clause
a-NI e-he-YE-LO le-AV ve-HU yi-he-YE-LI le-VEN
- sentence
a-NI e-he-YE-LO le-AV ve-HU yi-he-YE-LI le-VEN ve-khas-DI lo-a-SIR me-i-MO ka-a-SHER ha-si-ro-TI me-a-SHER ha-YA le-fa-NE-kha
Exegesis
The verse employs two parallel clauses introduced by the independent pronouns ani {אֲנִי | ʾă-nî} ‘I’ and vehu {וְהוּא | wə-hū} ‘and he’ paired with the imperfect verbs eheyeh {אֶֽהְיֶה | ʾe-hə-yēh} ‘will be’ and yihyeh {יִהְיֶה | yih-yēh} ‘will be,’ expressing ongoing relational roles.
lefanekha {מֵאֲשֶׁר הָיָה לְפָנֶיךָ | mē-’ă-šer hā-yāh lə-pā-nê-kha} ‘from whomever was before you,’ contrasting a past action with a future promise. The use of imperfect forms emphasizes future certainty, while the perfect underscores a completed historical precedent.
In context — 1 Chronicles 17:13
I will be to him as a father, and he will be to me as a son. And my steadfast love I will not remove from him, just as I removed it from him who was before you.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 17:13:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Chronicles 17:13, so the Hebrew word אֶֽהְיֶה־לּ֣וֹ (eheyelo) 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.17.13.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.17.13.W2.S1) and character.