Deuteronomy 23:18:8Deut.23.18.W8TABWLC Deuteronomy 23:19
אֱלֹהֶיךָ
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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Word in context
- word
e-lo-HE-kha
- sentence
lo-ta-VI et-NAN zo-NA u-me-KHIR ke-LEV beit Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha le-KHOL-NE-der KI to-a-VAT Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha GAM-she-NE-hem
Exegesis
The prepositional-genitive phrase beit YHWH Eloheikha {בֵּית יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ | bêt Yəhōwāh ʾĕlōhêḵā} marks the sanctuary as the destination, and le-khol neder {לְכָל נֶדֶר | lə-khol nēḏer} limits it to votive offerings.
The conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} introduces the causal clause toavat YHWH Eloheikha gam shnehem {תוֹעֲבַת יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ גַּם־שְׁנֵיהֶם | tôʿăḇâṯ Yəhōwāh ʾĕlōhêḵā gam šənêhem}, “because both are an abomination to the LORD your God,” where the construct noun toavat with the divine name states the reason and gam emphasizes their equal status.
In context — Deuteronomy 23:18
You shall not bring the hire of a prostitute or the price of a dog into the house of the LORD your God for any vow , because both are an abomination to the LORD your God.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 23:18:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Deuteronomy 23:18, so the Hebrew word אֱלֹהֶיךָ (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.23.18.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.23.18.W8.S1) and character.