Joshua 13:14:9Josh.13.14.W9TAB
אֱלֹהֵ֤י
elohei
“God of”
- Transliteration
- e-lo-HEI
- Extended
- eh-loh-HEI
- IPA
- /ʔɛloˈheː/
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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Word in context
- word
e-lo-HEI
- phraseyour reading level
e-lo-HEI yis-ra-EL
- clause
i-SHEI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI yis-ra-EL HU na-kha-la-TO ka-a-SHER di-BER-LO
- sentence
RAK le-SHE-vet ha-LE-vi LO na-TAN na-kha-LA i-SHEI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI yis-ra-EL HU na-kha-la-TO ka-a-SHER di-BER-LO
Exegesis
The construct isheiy YHWH Elohei Yisrael {אִשֵּׁי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל | ’iş-šêy Yə-hō-wāh ’ĕ-lō-hê yiś-rā-’ēl} ‘fire-offerings of the LORD God of Israel’ functions as the predicate linked by the pronoun hu {הוּא | hūʼ} to the possessor nachalato {נַחֲלָת֔וֹ | na-ḥă-lā-ṯō} ‘his inheritance’.
Root and etymology
א־ל־ה
“God, mighty one”
In context — Joshua 13:14
To the tribe of Levi alone Moses gave no inheritance; instead, the fire-offerings of the LORD God of Israel are their inheritance, as He spoke to him.
About this coordinate
Joshua 13:14:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Joshua 13:14, so the Hebrew word אֱלֹהֵ֤י (elohei) 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 Josh.13.14.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.13.14.W9.S1) and character.