Genesis 46:1:9Gen.46.1.W9TAB
לֵאלֹהֵ֖י
lelohei
“to the God of”
- Transliteration
- le-lo-HEI
- Extended
- leh-loh-HEE
- IPA
- /leː.ʔloː.ˈheː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the God of
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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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
le-lo-HEI
- clause
va-yiz-BAKH ze-va-KHIM le-lo-HEI a-VIV yits-KHAK
- sentence
va-yis-SA yis-ra-EL ve-khol-a-sher-LO va-ya-VO be-ER-a SHA-va va-yiz-BAKH ze-va-KHIM le-lo-HEI a-VIV yits-KHAK
Exegesis
The construct chain leelohei aviv {לֵאלֹהֵ֖י אָבִ֥יו | lē-ʾĕ-lō-hê ʾā-ḇîw} ‘to the God of his father’ underscores the continuation of ancestral worship. The coordinated wayyiqtol verbs and construct phrases are retained in English through connected clauses that preserve the verse’s chronological flow and thematic emphasis on heritage.
Root and etymology
RootAleph–Lamed
“power, might”
In context — Genesis 46:1
So Israel started out with everything that was his, and he came to Beersheba; there he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.
About this coordinate
Genesis 46:1:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 46:1, so the Hebrew word לֵאלֹהֵ֖י (lelohei) 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.46.1.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.46.1.W9.S1) and character.