2 Kings 18:22:42 Kgs.18.22.W4TAB
אֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ
elohenu
“our God”
- Transliteration
- e-lo-HE-nu
- Extended
- eh-loh-HEE-noo
- IPA
- /ʔɛloːˈheːnuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- our 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 | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
e-lo-HE-nu
- phraseyour reading level
el-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-nu
- clause
ve-khi-to-me-RUN e-LAI el-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-nu ba-TAKH-nu
- sentence
ve-khi-to-me-RUN e-LAI el-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-nu ba-TAKH-nu ha-lo-HU a-SHER he-SIR khiz-ki-YA-hu et-ba-mo-TAV ve-et-miz-be-kho-TAV va-yo-MER li-ye-hu-DA ve-li-ru-sha-LA-yim lif-NE ha-miz-BE-akh ha-ZE tish-ta-kha-VU bi-ru-sha-LA-yim
Exegesis
The clause el-yehoVah elohenu batachnu {אֶל־יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ בָּטָ֑חְנוּ | ʾel-Yᵉhôwâ ʾĕlōhê-nû bāṭāḥnû} ‘in the LORD our God we have trusted’ functions as the protasis.
Root and etymology
ʾ-l-haleph–lamed–heh
“god, deity”
In context — 2 Kings 18:22
But if you say to me, “In the LORD our God we have trusted”—is He not the One whose high places and altars Hezekiah removed, and who said to Judah and Jerusalem, ‘Before this altar you shall bow down in Jerusalem’?”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 18:22:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Kings 18:22, so the Hebrew word אֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ (elohenu) 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.18.22.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.18.22.W4.S1) and character.