Deuteronomy 14:1:4Deut.14.1.W4TAB
אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֑ם
elohekhem
“your God”
- Transliteration
- e-lo-HE-khem
- Extended
- eh-loh-HEH-khem
- IPA
- /ʔɛloˈheːxɛm/
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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
e-lo-HE-khem
- clause
ba-NEEM a-TEM la-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-khem
- sentence
ba-NEEM a-TEM la-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-khem LO tit-go-de-DU ve-LO-ta-SEE-mu kor-KHA BEIN ei-NE-khem la-MET
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase laYHWH Eloheikhem {לַיהוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם | la-Yə-hō-wāh ʾĕ-lō-hê-khem} ‘to the LORD your God’ conveys belonging through the preposition lamed plus possessive suffix.
In context — Deuteronomy 14:1
You are sons of the LORD your God ; you shall not cut yourselves, and you shall not make a baldness between your eyes for the dead.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 14:1:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Deuteronomy 14:1, so the Hebrew word אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֑ם (elohekhem) 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.14.1.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.14.1.W4.S1) and character.