Deuteronomy 20:17:12Deut.20.17.W12TAB
אֱלֹהֶֽיךָ׃
elohekha
“your God”
- Transliteration
- e-lo-HE-kha
- Extended
- eh-loh-HEH-kha
- IPA
- /ʔɛloˈhɛxa/
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
ka-a-SHER tsi-VE-kha Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha
- sentence
ki-ha-KHA-rem ta-kha-ri-MEM ha-khi-TEE ve-ha-e-mo-REE hak-ke-na-a-NEE ve-ha-pe-ri-ZEE ha-khi-VEE ve-ha-ye-vu-SEE ka-a-SHER tsi-VE-kha Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha
Exegesis
The final clause kaasher tsivkha YHWH elohekha {כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוְּךָ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ | ka-ʾăšer ṣîvvᵊḵā Yəhôwâ ʾĕlōhêkā} ‘just as the LORD your God has commanded you’ reaffirms divine authority. The translation maintains Hebrew word order to preserve the force of the intensification and the cumulative list.
Root and etymology
א־ל־ה
“God”
In context — Deuteronomy 20:17
Yet you are to utterly destroy them—the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—just as the LORD your God has commanded you .
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 20:17:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Deuteronomy 20:17, 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.20.17.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.20.17.W12.S1) and character.