Ezekiel 14:11:15Ezek.14.11.W15TAB
לֵֽאלֹהִ֔ים
leelohim
“for God”
- Transliteration
- le-e-lo-HIM
- Extended
- lee-eh-loh-HEEM
- IPA
- /leː.ʔɛloˈhiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- for God
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
le-e-lo-HIM
- clause
ve-ha-YU LI le-AM va-a-NI e-he-YE la-HEM le-e-lo-HIM ne-UM a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI
- sentence
le-MA-an lo-yit-E-u OD BEIT-yis-ra-EL me-a-kha-RAI ve-lo-yit-tam-ME-u OD be-khol-pish-e-HEM ve-ha-YU LI le-AM va-a-NI e-he-YE la-HEM le-e-lo-HIM ne-UM a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI
Exegesis
The construct phrase beit-yisraʾel {בֵּית־יִשְׂרָאֵל | bêt-yiś-rā-ʾēl} functions as the subject, which transitions via the covenantal formula ve-hāyū lī le-ʿām {וְהָיוּ לִי לְעָם | wə-hā-yū lī lə-ʿām} ‘and they shall be to me a people’ into the reciprocal promise ʾanī ʾehyeh lāhem le-Elohim {אֲנִי אֶהְיֶה לָהֶם לֵאלֹהִים | ʾă-nī ʾe-hyeh lā-hem lē-ʾĕ-lō-hīm} ‘and I will be their God’.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph-lamed-he
“God, mighty one”
In context — Ezekiel 14:11
So that the house of Israel may no longer stray from Me, nor defile themselves again with all their transgressions ; and they will be My people, and I will be their God —declares the Lord GOD .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 14:11:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Ezekiel 14:11, so the Hebrew word לֵֽאלֹהִ֔ים (leelohim) 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 Ezek.14.11.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.14.11.W15.S1) and character.