Deuteronomy 17:1:3Deut.17.1.W3TAB
אֱלֹהֶ֜יךָ
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
lo-TIZ-bakh la-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha
- clause
lo-TIZ-bakh la-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha SHOR va-SEH a-SHER yih-YEH bo MUM KOL da-VAR RA
- sentence
lo-TIZ-bakh la-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha SHOR va-SEH a-SHER yih-YEH bo MUM KOL da-VAR RA KI to-a-VAT Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha HU
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase la-YHWH {לַיהוָה | la-Yə-hō-wāh} ‘to the LORD’ together with the possessive Eloheikha {אֱלֹהֶיךָ | ʾĕ-lō-hê-kā} ‘your God’ identifies the divine addressee in the covenant context.
The conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} marks the causal clause that follows: to’evat YHWH Eloheikha hu {תוֹעֲבַת יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ הוּא | tō-ʿă-vat Yə-hō-wāh ʾĕ-lō-hê-kā hū} ‘an abomination to the LORD your God it is.’ The resumptive pronoun hu emphasizes the divine verdict on blemished offerings. The English translation preserves the Hebrew sequence of prohibition, specification, and rationale.
In context — Deuteronomy 17:1
You shall not sacrifice to the LORD your God an ox or a sheep that has any defect , for that is an abomination to the LORD your God.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 17:1:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Deuteronomy 17:1, so the Hebrew word אֱלֹהֶ֜יךָ (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.17.1.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.17.1.W3.S1) and character.