2 Chronicles 28:23:22 Chr.28.23.W2TAB
לֵֽאלֹהֵ֣י
lelohei
“to the gods of”
- Transliteration
- le-lo-HEI
- Extended
- lee-loh-HEI
- IPA
- /leːloˈheː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the gods of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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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Word in context
- word
le-lo-HEI
- phraseyour reading level
le-lo-HEI dar-me-SEK
- clause
va-yiz-BAKH le-lo-HEI dar-me-SEK ha-ma-KIM BO va-yo-MER KI e-lo-HEI mal-KHEI-a-RAM HEM ma-ze-RIM o-TAM la-HEM a-za-BE-akh ve-ya-ze-RU-ni
- sentence
va-yiz-BAKH le-lo-HEI dar-me-SEK ha-ma-KIM BO va-yo-MER KI e-lo-HEI mal-KHEI-a-RAM HEM ma-ze-RIM o-TAM la-HEM a-za-BE-akh ve-ya-ze-RU-ni ve-HEM ha-YU-LO le-hakh-shi-LO u-le-KHOL-yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase le-elōhê darmesek {לֵֽאלֹהֵ֣י דַרְמֶשֶׂק | lēʾelōhê dărmeśeq} ‘to the gods of Damascus’ functions as the indirect object, with the participle ha-makkîm {הַמַּכִּים | hammakkîm} ‘the strikers’ modifying the implied adversaries and bō {בּוֹ | bō} ‘him’ marking Ahaz as its victim.
Root and etymology
ʾ-l-h
“god, deity”
In context — 2 Chronicles 28:23
And he sacrificed to the gods of Damascus—the deities that had struck him—and said, “Because the gods of the kings of Aram are aiding them, I will sacrifice to them so they may aid me.” But they became a cause for his stumbling and for all Israel .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 28:23:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Chronicles 28:23, so the Hebrew word לֵֽאלֹהֵ֣י (lelohei) 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.28.23.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.28.23.W2.S1) and character.