Deuteronomy 14:23:4Deut.14.23.W4TAB
אֱלֹהֶ֗יךָ
elohekha
“your God”
- Transliteration
- e-lo-HE-kha
- Extended
- eh-loh-HEH-kha
- IPA
- /jəhoˈvaː/
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-HE-kha
- phraseyour reading level
lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha
- clause
ve-a-KHAL-ta lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha ba-ma-KOM a-SHER-yiv-KHAR le-sha-KEN she-MO SHAM ma-a-SAR de-gan-KHA ti-rosh-KHA ve-yits-ha-RE-kha uv-kho-ROT be-kar-KHA ve-tso-NE-kha
- sentence
ve-a-KHAL-ta lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha ba-ma-KOM a-SHER-yiv-KHAR le-sha-KEN she-MO SHAM ma-a-SAR de-gan-KHA ti-rosh-KHA ve-yits-ha-RE-kha uv-kho-ROT be-kar-KHA ve-tso-NE-kha le-ma-AN til-MAD le-yir-AH et-Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha kol-ha-ya-MIM
Exegesis
The preposition lifnei {לִפְנֵי | li-fə-nê} ‘before’ introduces the worship context oriented toward YHWH Eloheikha {יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ | Yə-hō-wāh ʾĕ-lō-hê-kā}.
The purpose clause lema’an tilmad leyirah et-yə-hō-wāh ʾĕ-lō-hê-kā {לְמַעַן תִּלְמַד לְיִרְאָה אֶת־יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ | lə-ma-ʿan ṯil-mad lə-yir-ʾā ʾet-yə-hō-wāh ʾĕ-lō-hê-kā} ‘so that you may learn to fear the LORD your God’ employs an infinitive complement to a modal imperfect with the direct-object marker ’et heightening the didactic focus. The English SVO structure preserves the Hebrew’s sequence of obligation, worship locus, offering list, and instructional purpose.
In context — Deuteronomy 14:23
And you shall eat before the LORD your God in the place that He will choose to cause His name to dwell there, the tithe of your grain, your new wine and your oil and the firstborn of your herd and your flock, so that you may learn to revere the LORD your God all the days.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 14:23:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Deuteronomy 14:23, so the Hebrew word אֱלֹהֶ֗יךָ (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.14.23.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.14.23.W4.S1) and character.