1 Kings 15:3:101 Kgs.15.3.W10TAB
אֱלֹהָ֔יו
elohav
“his God”
- Transliteration
- e-lo-HAV
- Extended
- eh-loh-HAAV
- IPA
- /ʔɛloːˈhaːw/
Meaning by language
- English
- his 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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
e-lo-HAV
- phraseyour reading level
im-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HAV
- clause
ve-lo-ha-YA le-va-VO sha-LEM im-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HAV kil-VAV da-VID a-VIV
- sentence
va-YE-lekh be-KHOL-kha-to-OT a-VIV a-sher-a-SA le-fa-NAV ve-lo-ha-YA le-va-VO sha-LEM im-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HAV kil-VAV da-VID a-VIV
Exegesis
In the negative copular clause wə-lō-hā-yāh lə-ḇā-ḇōw šā-lēm ’im-yə-hō-wāh ’ĕ-lō-hāw {וְלֹא־הָיָ֨ה לְבָב֤וֹ שָׁלֵם֙ עִם־יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהָ֔יו | wə-lō-hā-yāh lə-ḇā-ḇōw šā-lēm ’im-yə-hō-wāh ’ĕ-lō-hāw} ‘and his heart was not whole with the LORD his God’ the adjective šā-lēm conveys a contrastive lack of complete devotion.
In context — 1 Kings 15:3
He kept to all the sins his father had practiced before him, and his heart was not whole with the LORD his God , unlike the heart of David his father.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 15:3:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 1 Kings 15:3, so the Hebrew word אֱלֹהָ֔יו (elohav) 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 Kgs.15.3.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.15.3.W10.S1) and character.