2 Kings 16:2:132 Kgs.16.2.W13TAB
אֱלֹהָ֖יו
elohav
“his God”
- Transliteration
- e-lo-HAV
- Extended
- eh-loh-HAAV
- IPA
- /ʔɛloːˈhaːv/
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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The word
Word in context
- word
e-lo-HAV
- phraseyour reading level
ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HAV
- clause
ve-lo-a-SA ha-ya-SHAR be-e-NE ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HAV ke-da-VID a-VIV
- sentence
ben-E-srim sha-NA a-KHAZ be-mal-KHO ve-shesh-E-sri sha-NA ma-LAKH bi-ru-sha-LA-yim ve-lo-a-SA ha-ya-SHAR be-e-NE ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HAV ke-da-VID a-VIV
Exegesis
The evaluative standard is articulated by bə-ʿē-nêy Yə-hō-wāh ʾĕ-lō-hāv {בְּעֵינֵ֛י יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהָ֖יו | bə-ʿē-nêy Yə-hō-wāh ʾĕ-lō-hāv} ‘in the eyes of the LORD his God’.
In context — 2 Kings 16:2
Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he ruled sixteen years in Jerusalem; yet he did not do what was right in the eyes of the LORD his God , as David his father had done.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 16:2:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 2 Kings 16:2, so the Hebrew word אֱלֹהָ֖יו (elohav) 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 Kgs.16.2.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.16.2.W13.S1) and character.