Deuteronomy 13:10:6Deut.13.10.W6TABWLC Deuteronomy 13:11
מֵעַ֖ל יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ
meal yehovah elohekha
“from upon the LORD your God”
- Transliteration
- me-AL Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha
- Extended
- meh-AHL Yeh-ho-VAH eh-loh-HEH-kha
- IPA
- /meʔaˈl jəhoˈvaː ʔɛloˈheːχa/
Meaning by language
- English
- from upon the LORD your God
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| 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 | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
me-AL Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha
- phraseyour reading level
bi-KESH le-ha-di-KHA-ka me-AL Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha
- clause
KEE bi-KESH le-ha-di-KHA-ka me-AL Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha
- sentence
u-se-kal-TO ba-a-va-NEEM va-MET KEE bi-KESH le-ha-di-KHA-ka me-AL Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha ha-mo-tzi-a-KHA me-E-retz mits-RA-yim mi-BEIT a-va-DEEM
Exegesis
The phrase me’al YHWH eloheikha {מֵעַל יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ | mê-ʿal Yəhōwāh ʾĕ-lō-hê-kā} ‘from upon the LORD your God’ highlights the covenant relationship under threat, defined by the relative participle hamotsi’akha {הַמּוֹצִיאֲךָ | ham-mō-ṣî-’ă-kā} ‘who brought you out’.
Root and etymology
h-y-hhe-yod-heh
“to be, exist”
In context — Deuteronomy 13:10
And you shall stone him with stones, and he shall die, because he sought to lead you astray from the LORD your God who brought you out from the land of Egypt, from the house of slaves .
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 13:10:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Deuteronomy 13:10, so the Hebrew word מֵעַ֖ל יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ (meal yehovah elohekha) 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 Deut.13.10.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.13.10.W6.S1) and character.