Exodus 18:17:4Exod.18.17.W4TAB
אֵלָ֑יו
ehlav
“to him”
- Transliteration
- eh-LAV
- Extended
- eh-LAAV
- IPA
- /ʔeˈlav/
Meaning by language
- English
- to him
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
eh-LAV
- clause
va-YO-mer kho-TEN mo-SHEH eh-LAV
- sentence
va-YO-mer kho-TEN mo-SHEH eh-LAV lo-TOV ha-da-VAR a-SHER a-TA o-SEH
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase elav {אֵלָיו | ʾê-lāw} ‘to him’ marks Moses as the addressee.
In context — Exodus 18:17
And Moses’ father-in-law said to him, “The thing that you are doing is not good.”
About this coordinate
Exodus 18:17:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Exodus 18:17, so the Hebrew word אֵלָ֑יו (ehlav) 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 Exod.18.17.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.18.17.W4.S1) and character.