Genesis 14:20:3Gen.14.20.W3TAB
עֶלְי֔וֹן
elyon
“Most High”
- Transliteration
- el-YON
- Extended
- ehl-YOHN
- IPA
- /ʕɛl.ˈjoːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- Most High
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
el-YON
- phraseyour reading level
EL el-YON
- clause
u-va-RUKH EL el-YON a-sher-mi-GEN tsa-RE-kha be-ya-DE-kha
- sentence
u-va-RUKH EL el-YON a-sher-mi-GEN tsa-RE-kha be-ya-DE-kha va-yit-ten-LO ma-a-SER mi-KOL
Exegesis
The construct el elyon {אֵל עֶלְיוֹן | ʾēl ʿel-yôn} “God Most High” foregrounds divine supremacy.
Root and etymology
Rootayin–lamed–yod
“exalted one”
In context — Genesis 14:20
Blessed be God Most High , who has handed your foes over into your hand ; and Abram gave him a tithe of everything.
About this coordinate
Genesis 14:20:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 14:20, so the Hebrew word עֶלְי֔וֹן (elyon) 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 Gen.14.20.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.14.20.W3.S1) and character.