1 Kings 18:10:31 Kgs.18.10.W3TAB
אֱלֹהֶ֗יךָ
elohekha
“your God”
- Transliteration
- e-lo-HE-kha
- Extended
- eh-loh-HEH-khah
- IPA
- /ʔɛloˈheːxaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- your 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 | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
e-lo-HE-kha
- phraseyour reading level
KHAI ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha
- clause
KHAI ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha im-yesh-GOY u-mam-la-KHA a-SHER lo-sha-LAKH a-do-NI SHAM le-vak-KESH-kha ve-a-mer-U A-yin
- sentence
KHAI ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha im-yesh-GOY u-mam-la-KHA a-SHER lo-sha-LAKH a-do-NI SHAM le-vak-KESH-kha ve-a-mer-U A-yin ve-hish-BI-a et-ha-mam-la-KHA ve-et-ha-GOY KI LO yim-tsa-E-kha
Exegesis
The verse opens with the formula chai YHWH Eloheikha {חַי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ | ḥay Yə-hō-wāh ʾĕlōhêk̠ā} ‘as the LORD your God lives,’ which functions as a solemn oath.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–lamed | A-L
“toward, to”
In context — 1 Kings 18:10
As the LORD your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom where my master has not sent someone to seek you; and when they said, “He is not here,” he made the kingdom and the nation swear that they had not found you.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:10:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Kings 18:10, so the Hebrew word אֱלֹהֶ֗יךָ (elohekha) 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.18.10.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.10.W3.S1) and character.