2 Kings 19:37:62 Kgs.19.37.W6TAB
אֱלֹהָ֗יו
elohayv
“his god”
- Transliteration
- e-lo-HA-yv
- Extended
- eh-loh-HAA-yv
- 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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Word in context
- word
e-lo-HA-yv
- phraseyour reading level
BET nis-ROKH e-lo-HA-yv
- clause
va-ye-HI HU mish-ta-kha-VE BET nis-ROKH e-lo-HA-yv ve-ad-ram-ME-lekh ve-sar-E-tser va-NAV hi-KU-hu va-KHE-rev ve-HE-ma nim-le-TU E-rets a-ra-RAT
- sentence
va-ye-HI HU mish-ta-kha-VE BET nis-ROKH e-lo-HA-yv ve-ad-ram-ME-lekh ve-sar-E-tser va-NAV hi-KU-hu va-KHE-rev ve-HE-ma nim-le-TU E-rets a-ra-RAT va-yim-LOKH E-sar-kha-DON be-NO takh-TAV
Exegesis
The construct phrase beit Nisrokh elohav {בֵּ֣ית נִסְרֹךְ אֱלֹהָ֗יו | bêit nisrôkh ʾĕlôhāyw} ‘house of Nisrokh his god’ establishes the cultic setting.
In context — 2 Kings 19:37
And it happened, as he was bowing down in the house of Nisrokh his god, that Adrammelek and Sharezer, his sons, struck him with the sword , and they escaped to the land of Ararat. Then Esarhaddon, his son, reigned in his place.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 19:37:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Kings 19:37, so the Hebrew word אֱלֹהָ֗יו (elohayv) 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.19.37.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.19.37.W6.S1) and character.