1 Chronicles 22:19:71 Chr.22.19.W7TAB
אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֑ם
elohekhem
“your God”
- Transliteration
- e-lo-HE-khem
- Extended
- eh-loh-HEE-khehm
- IPA
- /ʔɛloːheːˈxɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- your 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 | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
e-lo-HE-khem
- phraseyour reading level
la-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-khem
- clause
a-TA te-NU le-vav-KHEM ve-naf-she-KHEM lid-ROSH la-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-khem
- sentence
a-TA te-NU le-vav-KHEM ve-naf-she-KHEM lid-ROSH la-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-khem ve-KU-mu u-ve-NU et-mik-DASH ye-ho-VAH ha-e-lo-HIM le-ha-VI et-a-RON be-RIT-ye-ho-VAH u-khe-LE KO-desh ha-e-lo-HIM la-BA-yit ha-niv-NE le-SHEM-ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The infinitive lidrosh {לִדְרֹשׁ | li-ḏrôš} ‘to seek’ expresses deliberate pursuit of laYHWH Eloheikhem {לַיהוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם | la-Yə-hō-wāh ʾĕ-lō-hê-ḵem}.
Root and etymology
ʾ-l-h
“God”
In context — 1 Chronicles 22:19
Now set your heart and your soul to seek the LORD your God , and arise and build the sanctuary of the LORD God , to bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD and the holy vessels of God into the house that is being built for the name of the LORD.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 22:19:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Chronicles 22:19, so the Hebrew word אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֑ם (elohekhem) 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.22.19.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.22.19.W7.S1) and character.