Deuteronomy 14:2:6Deut.14.2.W6TAB

אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ

elohekha

your God

Transliteration
e-lo-HE-kha
Extended
eh-loh-HEH-kha
IPA
/ʔɛloˈheːxa/

Meaning by language

English
your God

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
אֱ + לֹ + הֶ֑י + ךָ
e + lo + he + kha
elohekha

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Hateph Segholreduced 'eh'
Lamedl as in law
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Kaf Sofitfinal form of Kaf — at word end
Qametslong 'ah'

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Word in context

  1. word

    e-lo-HE-kha

  2. clause

    KI AM ka-DOSH a-TA la-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha

  3. sentence

    KI AM ka-DOSH a-TA la-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha u-ve-KHA ba-KHAR Ye-ho-VAH lih-YOT LO le-AM se-gu-LA mi-KOL ha-a-mi-MIM a-SHER al-pe-NEI ha-a-da-MA

Exegesis

The prepositional phrase la-YHWH ’ĕlōhêkā {לַיהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ | la-YHWH ’ĕ-lō-hê-kā} ‘to the LORD your God’ expresses a dative of possession.

In contextDeuteronomy 14:2

For you are a holy people to the LORD your God , and the LORD has chosen you to be for Him a people, a treasured possession from all the peoples on the face of the earth.

About this coordinate

Deuteronomy 14:2:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Deuteronomy 14:2, so the Hebrew word אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ (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.14.2.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.14.2.W6.S1) and character.