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

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Result
אֵ + לָ֑יו
e + lav
elav

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Lamedl as in law
Qametslong 'ah'
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    e-LAV

  2. clause

    va-YO-mer e-LAV

  3. 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 contextGenesis 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.