1 Kings 16:26:121 Kgs.16.26.W12TAB
אֱלֹהֵ֥י
elohe
“God of”
- Transliteration
- e-lo-HE
- Extended
- eh-loh-HEE
- 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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The word
Word in context
- word
e-lo-HE
- phraseyour reading level
e-lo-HE yis-ra-EL
- clause
le-hakh-IS et-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE yis-ra-EL be-hav-le-HEM
- sentence
va-YE-lekh be-KHOL-DE-rekh ya-rav-AM ben-ne-VAT u-ve-kha-ta-TAI-v u-ve-kha-TA-to a-SHER he-khe-TI et-yis-ra-EL le-hakh-IS et-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE yis-ra-EL be-hav-le-HEM
Exegesis
The compound divine name YHWH Elohei Yisra’el {יְהוָ֛ה אֱלֹהֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל | yə-hō-wāh ’ĕ-lō-ḥē yiś-rā-’ēl} foregrounds covenant identity and national belonging.
In context — 1 Kings 16:26
He walked in the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat and in his sins which he caused Israel to sin, to provoke the LORD God of Israel to anger with their vanities .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 16:26:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 1 Kings 16:26, 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.16.26.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.16.26.W12.S1) and character.