Exodus 18:4:3Exod.18.4.W3TAB
אֱלִיעֶ֑זֶר
eliezer
“Eliezer”
- Transliteration
- e-li-E-zer
- Extended
- eh-lee-EH-zehr
- IPA
- /ʔɛ.liː.ˈʕɛ.zɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- Eliezer
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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
e-li-E-zer
- clause
ve-SHEM ha-e-KHAD e-li-E-zer
- sentence
ve-SHEM ha-e-KHAD e-li-E-zer ki-e-lo-HE a-VI be-ez-RI va-yat-tsi-LE-ni me-KHE-rev par-O
Exegesis
Eliezer {אֱלִיעֶזֶר | ʾĕ-lî-ʿe-zer} forms an equational clause with an implied copula.
Root and etymology
RootAyin–Zayin–Resh
“to help, to support”
In context — Exodus 18:4
And the name of the other was Eliezer, for the God of my father was my help, and He delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh.
About this coordinate
Exodus 18:4:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Exodus 18:4, so the Hebrew word אֱלִיעֶ֑זֶר (eliezer) 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.18.4.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.18.4.W3.S1) and character.