Deuteronomy 13:7:1Deut.13.7.W1TABWLC Deuteronomy 13:8
מֵאֱלֹהֵי
meelohei
“of the gods”
- Transliteration
- me-e-lo-HEI
- Extended
- meh-eh-lo-HEI
- IPA
- /meʔɛloˈheː/
Meaning by language
- English
- of the gods
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| 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 |
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Word in context
- word
me-e-lo-HEI
- sentence
me-e-lo-HEI ha-a-MIM a-SHER se-vi-vo-TEI-khem hak-ke-ro-VIM e-LEI-kha O ha-re-kho-KIM mim-KHA mik-TSE ha-A-retz ve-AD-k'TSE ha-A-retz
Exegesis
The verse begins with the prepositional phrase meelohei {מֵאֵלֹהֵי | mê-ʾê-lō-hê} ‘from the gods’ modifying haamim.
In context — Deuteronomy 13:7
From the gods of the peoples that surround you—whether near to you or far from you, from one edge of the land to the other.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 13:7:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Deuteronomy 13:7, so the Hebrew word מֵאֱלֹהֵי (meelohei) 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.13.7.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.13.7.W1.S1) and character.