2 Chronicles 24:24:162 Chr.24.24.W16TAB
אֱלֹהֵ֣י
elohe
“God of”
- Transliteration
- e-lo-HE
- Extended
- eh-loh-HEH
- IPA
- /ʔɛloːˈheː/
Meaning by language
- English
- God of
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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
e-lo-HE
- phraseyour reading level
e-lo-HE a-vo-te-HEM
- clause
KI be-MI-tsa-ar a-na-SHIM ba-U KHEL a-RAM va-ye-ho-VAH na-TAN be-ya-DAM kha-YIL la-ROV me-OD KI a-ze-VU ET-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE a-vo-te-HEM
- sentence
KI be-MI-tsa-ar a-na-SHIM ba-U KHEL a-RAM va-ye-ho-VAH na-TAN be-ya-DAM kha-YIL la-ROV me-OD KI a-ze-VU ET-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE a-vo-te-HEM ve-ET-yo-ASH a-SU she-fa-TIM
Exegesis
The construct Elohei avoteihem {אֱלֹהֵי אֲבוֹתֵיהֶם | ʾĕlōhê ăvôṯêhēm} ‘God of their fathers’ underscores the relational bond.
Root and etymology
Rootʾ-l-h
“God”
In context — 2 Chronicles 24:24
With only a few men the army of Aram came, and the LORD delivered into their hand a very great force, because they had forsaken the God of their fathers; then they executed judgments on Joash.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 24:24:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of 2 Chronicles 24:24, so the Hebrew word אֱלֹהֵ֣י (elohe) 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.24.24.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.24.24.W16.S1) and character.