Deuteronomy 16:22:7Deut.16.22.W7TAB
אֱלֹהֶֽיךָ׃
elohekha
“your God”
- Transliteration
- e-lo-HE-kha
- Extended
- eh-loh-HEH-kha
- IPA
- /ʔɛloˈhejxa/
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
a-SHER sa-NE Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha
- sentence
ve-LO-ta-KIM le-KHA mat-tse-VAH a-SHER sa-NE Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha
Exegesis
The construct phrase YHWH Elohecha {יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ | Yəhōwāh ʾĕlōheḵā} ‘the LORD your God’ serves as the subject of the relative clause, foregrounding the covenant relationship. Hebrew places the object before the subject to emphasize the forbidden item, and English renders the clause with a causal connective to preserve its explanatory force.
In context — Deuteronomy 16:22
And you shall not set up for yourself a pillar that the LORD your God hates.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 16:22:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Deuteronomy 16:22, so the Hebrew word אֱלֹהֶֽיךָ׃ (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.16.22.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.16.22.W7.S1) and character.