Hosea 14:3:9Hos.14.3.W9TABWLC Hosea 14:4
אֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ
elohenu
“our God”
- Transliteration
- e-lo-HE-nu
- Extended
- eh-loh-HEE-noo
- IPA
- /ʕoːd/
Meaning by language
- English
- our God
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Seghol | reduced 'eh' | |
| 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 | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
e-lo-HE-nu
- clause
a-SHUR LO yo-shi-E-nu al-SUS LO nir-KAV ve-lo-NO-mar OD e-lo-HE-nu le-ma-A-se ya-DE-nu
- sentence
a-SHUR LO yo-shi-E-nu al-SUS LO nir-KAV ve-lo-NO-mar OD e-lo-HE-nu le-ma-A-se ya-DE-nu a-SHER-be-KHA ye-ru-KHAM ya-TOM
Exegesis
The third denial shifts to worship language: wə-lōʾ-nōʾmar {וְלֹא־נֹאמַר | wə-lōʾ-nōʾmar} ‘and we will not say’ plus ʿod {ע֚וֹד | ʿôḏ} ‘again’ introduces a decisive break, with ʾelohenu {אֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ | ʾĕlōhênû} ‘our gods’ functioning as the quoted address directed lə-maʿăśê yāḏênû {לְמַעֲשֵׂ֣ה יָדֵ֑ינוּ | lə-maʿăśê yāḏênû} ‘to the work of our hands’, exposing handmade idols as the rejected object of devotion.
In context — Hosea 14:3
Assyria will not save us; we will not ride on horses; and we will no longer say, “Our gods,” to the work of our hands, for in You the fatherless finds mercy.
About this coordinate
Hosea 14:3:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Hosea 14:3, so the Hebrew word אֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ (elohenu) 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 Hos.14.3.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Hos.14.3.W9.S1) and character.