Deuteronomy 16:17:6Deut.16.17.W6TAB
אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ
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
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
Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha
- clause
ke-vir-KAT Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha a-SHER na-TAN-lakh
- sentence
ISH ke-mat-NAT ya-DO ke-vir-KAT Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha a-SHER na-TAN-lakh
Exegesis
It is followed by two parallel prepositional phrases ke-mat-nat yā-ḏô {כְּמַתְּנַת יָדוֹ | kə-mat-tə-nat yā-ḏô} “according to the gift of his hand” and ke-vir-kat YHWH Eloheikha {כְּבִרְכַּת יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ | kə-vir-kaṯ Yə-hō-wāh ʾĕ-lō-hê-kā} “according to the blessing of the LORD your God,” both introduced by the prefixed preposition ke-. In kematnat yā-ḏô the construct noun yā-ḏô “his hand” idiomatically denotes personal capacity.
The construct chain bir-kat YHWH Eloheikha {בִּרְכַּת יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ | bir-kat Yə-hō-wāh ʾĕ-lō-hê-kā} identifies the LORD your God as the source of blessing.
In context — Deuteronomy 16:17
Each man shall give according to the gift of his hand, according to the blessing of the LORD your God which He has given to you.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 16:17:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Deuteronomy 16:17, so the Hebrew word אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ (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.16.17.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.16.17.W6.S1) and character.