1 Kings 17:21:91 Kgs.17.21.W9TAB
אֱלֹהָ֔י
elohai
“my God”
- Transliteration
- e-lo-HAI
- Extended
- eh-loh-HAI
- 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 ta-SHAV NA NE-fesh-ha-YE-led ha-ZE al-kir-BO
- sentence
va-yit-mo-DED al-ha-YE-led sha-LOSH pe-a-MIM va-yik-RA el-ye-ho-VAH va-yo-MAR ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HAI ta-SHAV NA NE-fesh-ha-YE-led ha-ZE al-kir-BO
Exegesis
A shift to direct speech is marked by vayyomar {וַיֹּאמַ֑ר | va-yō-ʾā-mar} ‘and he said’, addressing yhwh2 {יְהוָ֣ה | yə-hō-wāh} ‘LORD’ and elohai {אֱלֹהָ֔י | ʾĕ-lō-hāy} ‘my God’.
Root and etymology
’-l-h’aleph–lamed–heh
“God, mighty one”
In context — 1 Kings 17:21
And he stretched himself upon the boy three times and cried out to the LORD and said, “O LORD my God , please let the soul of this boy return within him.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 17:21:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 1 Kings 17:21, 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.17.21.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.17.21.W9.S1) and character.