2 Kings 17:29:52 Kgs.17.29.W5TAB
אֱלֹהָ֑יו
elohav
“its gods”
- Transliteration
- e-lo-HAV
- Extended
- eh-loh-HAAV
- IPA
- /ʔɛloːˈhaːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- its gods
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
- clause
va-yih-YU O-sim GOY GOY e-lo-HAV
- sentence
va-yih-YU O-sim GOY GOY e-lo-HAV va-ya-NI-khu be-VET ha-ba-MOT a-SHER a-SU ha-sho-me-ro-NIM GOY GOY be-a-re-HEM A-sher HEM yo-she-VIM SHAM
Exegesis
The suffix in ʾĕlōhāyw {אֱלֹהָיו | ʾĕlōhāyw} ‘its gods’ marks proprietary possession.
Root and etymology
ʾ-l-haleph–lamed–he
“god; deity”
In context — 2 Kings 17:29
And each nation made its own gods and set them in the shrines that the Samaritans had built in the cities where they lived.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 17:29:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Kings 17:29, so the Hebrew word אֱלֹהָ֑יו (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.17.29.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.17.29.W5.S1) and character.