Genesis 15:7:2Gen.15.7.W2TAB
אֵלָ֑יו
elav
“to him”
- Transliteration
- e-LAV
- Extended
- eh-LAAV
- IPA
- /ʔeː.ˈlaːw/
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
e-LAV
- clause
va-YO-mer e-LAV
- sentence
va-YO-mer e-LAV a-NI Ye-ho-VAH a-SHER ho-tse-TI-kha me-UR ka-se-DIM la-TET le-KHA et-ha-A-rets ha-ZOT le-rish-TAH
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase elav {אֵלָיו | ʾê-lāw} ‘to him’ specifies Abram as the addressee and keeps the focus on the divine–human dialogue.
In context — Genesis 15:7
And He said to him, “I am the LORD who brought you out from Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess it.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 15:7:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Genesis 15:7, so the Hebrew word אֵלָ֑יו (elav) 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.15.7.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.15.7.W2.S1) and character.