Deuteronomy 18:15:8Deut.18.15.W8TAB
אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ
elohekha
“your God”
- Transliteration
- e-lo-HE-kha
- Extended
- eh-loh-HEH-kha
- IPA
- /ʔɛloˈheːxaː/
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
na-VI mi-kir-be-KHA me-a-KHE-kha ka-MO-ni ya-KIM le-KHA Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha
- sentence
na-VI mi-kir-be-KHA me-a-KHE-kha ka-MO-ni ya-KIM le-KHA Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha e-LAV tish-ma-UN
Exegesis
The Hiphil imperfect yakim {יָקִים | yāqîm} ‘he will raise up’ introduces divine causation, performed by the compound divine agent YHWH Elohekha {יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ | Yə-hō-wāh ʼĕlōhêḵā}.
Root and etymology
א־ל־ה
“God, mighty one”
In context — Deuteronomy 18:15
The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet—one from among you, from your brothers—like me; to him you must listen .
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 18:15:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Deuteronomy 18:15, 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.18.15.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.18.15.W8.S1) and character.