2 Kings 17:9:72 Kgs.17.9.W7TAB
אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֑ם
elohehem
“their God”
- Transliteration
- e-lo-HE-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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The word
Word in context
- word
e-lo-HE-hem
- clause
va-ye-kha-PE-u ve-NEI-yis-ra-EL de-va-RIM a-SHER lo-KHEN al-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-hem
- sentence
va-ye-kha-PE-u ve-NEI-yis-ra-EL de-va-RIM a-SHER lo-KHEN al-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-hem va-yiv-NU la-HEM ba-MOT be-khol-a-re-HEM mim-mig-DAL no-tse-RIM ad-IR miv-TSAR
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase al-yehovah elohaihem {עַל־יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיהֶם | ’al yə-hō-wāh ’ĕ-lō-ḥē-hem} ‘against the LORD their God’ frames the action as covenant violation.
Root and etymology
h-y-h
“to be, to exist”
In context — 2 Kings 17:9
And the sons of Israel acted in secret and did things that were not right against the LORD their God, and they built for themselves high places in all their cities, from the watchmen’s tower to the fortified city.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 17:9:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Kings 17:9, so the Hebrew word אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֑ם (elohehem) 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.17.9.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.17.9.W7.S1) and character.