Deuteronomy 23:21:12Deut.23.21.W12TABWLC Deuteronomy 23:22
אֱלֹהֶיךָ֖
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
- phraseyour reading level
Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha
- clause
LO te-a-KHER le-shal-MO KI da-ROSH yid-re-SHE-nu Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha me-im-MAKH
- sentence
ki-ti-DOR NE-der la-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha LO te-a-KHER le-shal-MO KI da-ROSH yid-re-SHE-nu Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha me-im-MAKH ve-ha-YA ve-KHA KHEt
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase la-YHWH ʾĕ-lō-hî-kha {לַיהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ | la-Yə-hō-wāh ʾĕ-lō-hî-kha} ‘to the LORD your God’ situates the vow within a covenantal relationship.
In the emphatic causative clause kî-dārôš yidrǎšennu YHWH ʾĕ-lō-hî-kha {כִּי־דָרֹשׁ יִדְרְשֶׁנּוּ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ | kî-dā-rôš yidrǎšennu Yə-hō-wāh ʾĕ-lō-hî-kha}, the infinitive absolute dārôš {דָרֹשׁ | dā-rôš} ‘to seek’ paired with the Qal imperfect yidrǎšennu ‘he will seek it’ underlines God’s assured demand.
In context — Deuteronomy 23:21
When you make a vow to the LORD your God , you must not be slow to fulfill it , for the LORD your God will surely demand it from you, and it will be sin in you.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 23:21:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Deuteronomy 23:21, so the Hebrew word אֱלֹהֶיךָ֖ (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.23.21.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.23.21.W12.S1) and character.