Jeremiah 13:12:7Jer.13.12.W7TAB
אֱלֹהֵ֣י
elohe
“God of”
- Transliteration
- e-lo-HE
- Extended
- eh-loh-HEH
- IPA
- /jəhoˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- God of
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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
e-lo-HE
- phraseyour reading level
e-lo-HE yis-ra-EL
- clause
ve-a-MAR-ta a-le-HEM et-ha-da-VAR ha-ZE ko-a-MAR ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE yis-ra-EL kal-NE-vel yim-ma-LE YA-yin
- sentence
ve-a-MAR-ta a-le-HEM et-ha-da-VAR ha-ZE ko-a-MAR ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE yis-ra-EL kal-NE-vel yim-ma-LE YA-yin ve-a-me-RU e-LE-kha ha-ya-DO-a LO ne-DA KI khal-NE-vel yim-ma-LE YA-yin
Exegesis
The particle koh {כֹּה־ | kōh} ‘thus’ with amar {אָמַ֤ר | ʾā-mar} ‘said’ frames the speech of YHWH {יְהוָה֙ | Yəhōwāh} and his title Elohei Yisrael {אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | ʾĕ-lō-hê yis-rā-ʾêl}, identifying Him as Israel’s God.
Root and etymology
ʾ-l-hʾ-l-h
“god, power”
In context — Jeremiah 13:12
And you shall say to them this word: Thus says the LORD God of Israel , “Every jar shall be filled with wine.” And they will say to you, “Do we not surely know that every jar shall be filled with wine?”
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 13:12:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Jeremiah 13:12, so the Hebrew word אֱלֹהֵ֣י (elohe) 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 Jer.13.12.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.13.12.W7.S1) and character.