2 Chronicles 17:4:22 Chr.17.4.W2TAB
לֽ͏ֵאלֹהֵ֤י
lelohe
“to the God of”
- Transliteration
- le-lo-HE
- Extended
- leh-eh-loh-HEE
- IPA
- /lɛːloːˈheː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the God of
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Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| 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
le-lo-HE
- phraseyour reading level
le-lo-HE a-VIV
- clause
KI le-lo-HE a-VIV da-RASH u-ve-mits-vo-TAV ha-LAKH
- sentence
KI le-lo-HE a-VIV da-RASH u-ve-mits-vo-TAV ha-LAKH ve-LO ke-ma-a-SE yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The prepositional construct le-Elohei aviv {לֽ͏ֵאלֹהֵי אָבִיו | lē-ʾĕlō-hē ʾā-vîv} ‘to the God of his father’ functions as the direct object, signifying devoted worship of the covenant deity.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–lamed–he
“God”
In context — 2 Chronicles 17:4
For he sought the God of his father and walked in His commandments, and not like the practice of Israel.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 17:4:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Chronicles 17:4, so the Hebrew word לֽ͏ֵאלֹהֵ֤י (lelohe) 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 2 Chr.17.4.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.17.4.W2.S1) and character.