Deuteronomy 20:18:10Deut.20.18.W10TAB
לֵאלֹהֵיהֶ֑ם
leeloheihem
“for their gods”
- Transliteration
- le-e-lo-HEI-hem
- Extended
- leh-eh-loh-HEH-hem
- IPA
- /ləʔɛloˈheːhɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- for their gods
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
le-e-lo-HEI-hem
- clause
le-MA-an a-SHER lo-ye-lam-DEU et-KHEM la-a-SOT ke-KHOL to-a-vo-TAM a-SHER a-SU le-e-lo-HEI-hem
- sentence
le-MA-an a-SHER lo-ye-lam-DEU et-KHEM la-a-SOT ke-KHOL to-a-vo-TAM a-SHER a-SU le-e-lo-HEI-hem va-kha-ta-TEM la-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI-khem
Exegesis
The object phrase kekol to-ʿă-vō-ṯām {כְּכֹל תּוֹעֲבֹתָם | kə-kōl tō-ʿă-vō-ṯām} ‘like all their abominations’ functions as the complement of the infinitive, and the relative clause ’ă-šer ʿā-sû leleheihem {אֲשֶׁר עָשׂוּ לֵאלֹהֵיהֶם | ’ă-šer ʿā-sû lē-’ĕ-lō-hē-hēm} ‘which they have done for their gods’ specifies those practices.
In context — Deuteronomy 20:18
This is so that they do not teach you to carry out all their abominations which they have done for their gods, and thus you will sin against the LORD your God .
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 20:18:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Deuteronomy 20:18, so the Hebrew word לֵאלֹהֵיהֶ֑ם (leeloheihem) 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.20.18.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.20.18.W10.S1) and character.