Deuteronomy 19:2:9Deut.19.2.W9TAB
אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ
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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The word
Word in context
- word
e-lo-HE-kha
- phraseyour reading level
Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha
- clause
be-TOKH ar-tse-KHA a-SHER Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha no-TEN le-KHA le-rish-TAH
- sentence
sha-LOSH a-REEM tav-DEEL LAKH be-TOKH ar-tse-KHA a-SHER Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha no-TEN le-KHA le-rish-TAH
Exegesis
The relative clause asher YHWH Elohekha noten lekha {אֲשֶׁר֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ נֹתֵ֥ן לְךָ֖ | ʾăšer YHWH ʾĕlō·he·ḵā nōtēn ləḵā} ‘which the LORD your God is giving you’ links divine agency to the grant of land.
In context — Deuteronomy 19:2
You shall set apart three cities in the midst of your land which the LORD your God is giving you to possess .
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 19:2:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Deuteronomy 19:2, so the Hebrew word אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ (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.19.2.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.19.2.W9.S1) and character.