אֱלֹהֵי֙

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אֱלֹהֵי֙

   e-lo-HE

   God of
2. clause🔊 וַיְהִ֣י בַּעֲל֣וֹת הַמִּנְחָ֗ה וַיִּגַּ֞שׁ אֵלִיָּ֣הוּ הַנָּבִיא֮ וַיֹּאמַר֒ יְהוָ֗ה אֱלֹהֵי֙ אַבְרָהָם֙ יִצְחָ֣ק וְיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל הַיּ֣וֹם יִוָּדַ֗ע כִּֽי־אַתָּ֧ה אֱלֹהִ֛ים בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל וַאֲנִ֣י עַבְדֶּ֑ךָ

   va-ye-HI ba-a-LOT ha-min-KHA va-yig-GASH e-li-YA-hu ha-na-VI va-yo-MAR Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE av-ra-HAM yits-KHAK ve-yis-ra-EL ha-YOM yi-va-DA ki-a-TA e-lo-HIM be-yis-ra-EL va-a-NI av-DE-kha

   and it happened at the offering up of the grain offering and he came near Elijah the prophet and he said LORD God of Abraham Isaac and Israel today let it be known that you are God in Israel and I am your servant
3. sentence🔊 וַיְהִ֣י בַּעֲל֣וֹת הַמִּנְחָ֗ה וַיִּגַּ֞שׁ אֵלִיָּ֣הוּ הַנָּבִיא֮ וַיֹּאמַר֒ יְהוָ֗ה אֱלֹהֵי֙ אַבְרָהָם֙ יִצְחָ֣ק וְיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל הַיּ֣וֹם יִוָּדַ֗ע כִּֽי־אַתָּ֧ה אֱלֹהִ֛ים בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל וַאֲנִ֣י עַבְדֶּ֑ךָ ובדבריך וּבִדְבָרְךָ֣ עָשִׂ֔יתִי אֵ֥ת כָּל־הַדְּבָרִ֖ים הָאֵֽלֶּה׃

   va-ye-HI ba-a-LOT ha-min-KHA va-yig-GASH e-li-YA-hu ha-na-VI va-yo-MAR Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE av-ra-HAM yits-KHAK ve-yis-ra-EL ha-YOM yi-va-DA ki-a-TA e-lo-HIM be-yis-ra-EL va-a-NI av-DE-kha u-ve-dva-re-KHA u-vid-va-re-KHA a-SI-ti ET kal-ha-de-va-RIM ha-E-le

   and it happened at the offering up of the grain offering and he came near Elijah the prophet and he said LORD God of Abraham Isaac and Israel today let it be known that you are God in Israel and I am your servant and by your words and by your word I have done all the words these

Exegesis

The extended title YHWH Elohei Avraham Yitshaq ve-Yisrael {יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי אַבְרָהָם יִצְחָק וְיִשְׂרָאֵל | Yəhō·wāh ’ĕ·lō·hē ’ă·vrā·hām yiṣ·ḥāq wə·yiś·rā·’ēl} invokes patriarchal covenant associations.

Root and etymology

ʾ-l-h🔊 א־ל־הaleph–lamed–heh

“God, deity”

• 🔊 אֵל’ēlmighty oneGenesis 14:18