1 Kings 17:20:51 Kgs.17.20.W5TAB
אֱלֹהָ֔י
elohai
“my God”
- Transliteration
- e-lo-HAI
- Extended
- eh-loh-HAAI
- IPA
- /ʔɛloˈhaːj/
Meaning by language
- English
- my 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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
e-lo-HAI
- phraseyour reading level
ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HAI
- clause
ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HAI ha-GAM al-ha-al-ma-NA a-sher-a-NI mit-go-RE-r im-MA ha-re-O-ta le-ha-MIT et-be-NA
- sentence
va-yik-RA el-ye-ho-VAH va-yo-MAR ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HAI ha-GAM al-ha-al-ma-NA a-sher-a-NI mit-go-RE-r im-MA ha-re-O-ta le-ha-MIT et-be-NA
Root and etymology
’-l-h’aleph–lamed–heh
“God, mighty one”
In context — 1 Kings 17:20
And he called to the LORD and said, “O LORD my God , is it also on the widow with whom I am sojourning, that You have brought harm by causing her son to die?”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 17:20:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Kings 17:20, so the Hebrew word אֱלֹהָ֔י (elohai) 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.17.20.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.17.20.W5.S1) and character.