Deuteronomy 20:18:13Deut.20.18.W13TAB
אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃
eloheikhem
“your God”
- Transliteration
- e-lo-HEI-khem
- Extended
- eh-loh-HEH-khem
- IPA
- /ʔɛloˈheːxɛm/
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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
e-lo-HEI-khem
- phraseyour reading level
la-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI-khem
- clause
va-kha-ta-TEM la-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI-khem
- 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 vav-consecutive vachatatem {וַחֲטָאתֶם | wa-ḥă-ṭā-tem} ‘and you have sinned’ indicates the ensuing consequence, culminating in ladonai elokeikhem {לַיהוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם | la-YHWH ’ĕ-lō-hê-khem} ‘against the LORD your God’, thereby underscoring the covenantal breach.
Root and etymology
א־ל־הʼ-l-h
“God, mighty one”
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 20:18:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Deuteronomy 20:18, so the Hebrew word אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃ (eloheikhem) 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.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.20.18.W13.S1) and character.