1 Kings 15:30:121 Kgs.15.30.W12TAB
אֱלֹהֵ֥י
elohe
“God of”
- Transliteration
- e-lo-HE
- Extended
- eh-loh-HEH
- IPA
- /ʔɛloˈheː/
Meaning by language
- English
- God of
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 |
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Word in context
- word
e-lo-HE
- phraseyour reading level
e-lo-HE yis-ra-EL
- clause
be-kha-SO a-SHER hik-IS et-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE yis-ra-EL
- sentence
al-kha-TO-ot ya-rav-AM a-SHER kha-TA va-a-SHER he-khe-TI et-yis-ra-EL be-kha-SO a-SHER hik-IS et-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The construct Elohei Yisraʾel {אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל | ʾĕ-lō-hê yiś-rā-ʾēl} ‘God of Israel’ identifies the offended deity, moving the narrative from individual sin to its broader implications.
In context — 1 Kings 15:30
Because of the sins of Jeroboam that he committed and that he caused Israel to commit, and because of the provocation with which he provoked the LORD God .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 15:30:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 1 Kings 15:30, so the Hebrew word אֱלֹהֵ֥י (elohe) 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.15.30.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.15.30.W12.S1) and character.