2 Kings 17:7:52 Kgs.17.7.W5TAB
אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֔ם
eloheihem
“their God”
- Transliteration
- e-lo-HEI-hem
- Extended
- eh-loh-HEE-hehm
- IPA
- /ʔɛloːheːˈhɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- their 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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
e-lo-HEI-hem
- phraseyour reading level
la-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI-hem
- clause
va-ye-HI ki-kha-TE-u ve-NEI-yis-ra-EL la-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI-hem ham-ma-a-LE o-TAM me-E-rets mits-ra-YIM mit-ta-KHAT YAD par-O ME-lekh-mits-ra-YIM
- sentence
va-ye-HI ki-kha-TE-u ve-NEI-yis-ra-EL la-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI-hem ham-ma-a-LE o-TAM me-E-rets mits-ra-YIM mit-ta-KHAT YAD par-O ME-lekh-mits-ra-YIM va-yir-E-u e-lo-HIM a-khe-RIM
Exegesis
The object of the offense is expressed with the preposition lamed in laYHWH {לַיהוָ֣ה | layəhōwāh} plus eloheihem {אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֔ם | ʾĕlōhêhem}, a relational formula (“the LORD, their God”) that heightens the betrayal.
Root and etymology
h-y-h
“to be, to exist”
In context — 2 Kings 17:7
And it happened that, because the sons of Israel sinned against the LORD their God , the One who brought them up from the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, they feared other gods.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 17:7:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Kings 17:7, so the Hebrew word אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֔ם (eloheihem) 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.17.7.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.17.7.W5.S1) and character.