Judges 16:24:9Judg.16.24.W9TAB
אֱלֹהֵ֤ינוּ
elohenu
“our god”
- Transliteration
- e-lo-HE-nu
- Extended
- eh-loh-HEE-noo
- IPA
- /ʔɛloːˈheːnuː/
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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Word in context
- word
e-lo-HE-nu
- phraseyour reading level
na-TAN e-lo-HE-nu ve-ya-DE-nu
- clause
KI am-RU na-TAN e-lo-HE-nu ve-ya-DE-nu et-o-ye-VE-nu ve-ET ma-kha-RIV ar-TSE-nu va-a-SHER hir-BA et-kha-la-LE-nu
- sentence
va-yir-U o-TO ha-AM va-ye-hal-LU et-e-lo-HE-hem KI am-RU na-TAN e-lo-HE-nu ve-ya-DE-nu et-o-ye-VE-nu ve-ET ma-kha-RIV ar-TSE-nu va-a-SHER hir-BA et-kha-la-LE-nu
Exegesis
Construct chains such as ʾĕlōhêhem {אֱלֹהֵיהֶם | ʾĕ-lō-hê-hem} ‘their God’ and ʾĕlōhênû {אֱלֹהֵינוּ | ʾĕ-lō-hê-nû} ‘our God’ denote communal possession.
In context — Judges 16:24
And when the people saw him, they praised their God , for they said, “Our God has given our enemy into our hand, even the one who devastated our land and who multiplied our slain .”
About this coordinate
Judges 16:24:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Judges 16:24, so the Hebrew word אֱלֹהֵ֤ינוּ (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 Judg.16.24.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.16.24.W9.S1) and character.