Deuteronomy 13:16:11Deut.13.16.W11TABWLC Deuteronomy 13:17
אֱלֹהֶיךָ
eloheykha
“your God”
- Transliteration
- e-lo-HEY-kha
- Extended
- eh-loh-HEH-khah
- IPA
- /ʔɛloˈheːxa/
Meaning by language
- English
- your 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 | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
e-lo-HEY-kha
- sentence
ve-ET-KOL-she-la-LAH tik-BOTS el-to-KHAH re-kho-VAH ve-sa-RAF-ta ba-ESH et-ha-IR ve-ET-KOL-she-la-LAH ka-LIL la-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEY-kha ve-ha-ye-TAH TEL o-LAM LO ti-va-NEH OD
Exegesis
The adverbial kelîl {כָּלִיל | kā-lîl} reinforces total dedication la-YHWH eloheicha {לַיהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ | lā-YHWH ʾĕ-lō-hey-kā}, indicating divine ownership.
In context — Deuteronomy 13:16
You shall gather all its plunder into the middle of its open square, and you shall burn the city and all its plunder wholly to the LORD your God . It shall be a heap forever and shall never be rebuilt.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 13:16:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Deuteronomy 13:16, so the Hebrew word אֱלֹהֶיךָ (eloheykha) 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.13.16.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.13.16.W11.S1) and character.