2 Chronicles 32:21:182 Chr.32.21.W18TAB
אֱלֹהָ֔יו
elohaiv
“his god”
- Transliteration
- e-lo-HAIV
- Extended
- eh-loh-HAA-yv
- IPA
- /ʔɛloˈhɔːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- his 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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
e-lo-HAIV
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BET e-lo-HAIV
- clause
va-ya-SHAV be-VO-shet pa-NIM le-ar-TSO va-ya-VO BET e-lo-HAIV u-mi-tsi-O u-mi-tsi-E me-AV SHAM hi-pi-LU-hu be-kha-REV
- sentence
va-yish-LAKH ye-ho-VAH mal-AKH va-yak-KHED KAL-gi-BOR kha-YIL ve-na-GID ve-SAR be-ma-kha-NE ME-lekh a-SHUR va-ya-SHAV be-VO-shet pa-NIM le-ar-TSO va-ya-VO BET e-lo-HAIV u-mi-tsi-O u-mi-tsi-E me-AV SHAM hi-pi-LU-hu be-kha-REV
Exegesis
The narrative then shifts with vayavo beit elohav {וַיָּבֹא֙ בֵּ֣ית אֱלֹהָ֔יו | wayyābōʾ bēt ʾĕlōhāyw} ‘and he came to the house of his god’.
Root and etymology
ʼ-l-haleph–lamed–heh
“god; deity”
In context — 2 Chronicles 32:21
And the LORD sent an angel who destroyed every mighty warrior, leader, and commander in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned in shame of face to his own land, and when he entered the house of his god, those who came forth from his own body struck him down there with the sword .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 32:21:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of 2 Chronicles 32:21, so the Hebrew word אֱלֹהָ֔יו (elohaiv) 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.32.21.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.32.21.W18.S1) and character.