Judges 21:3:4Judg.21.3.W4TAB
אֱלֹהֵ֣י
elohe
“God of”
- Transliteration
- e-lo-HE
- Extended
- eh-loh-HEE
- 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-HE
- phraseyour reading level
e-lo-HE yis-ra-EL
- clause
va-yo-ME-ru la-MA Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE yis-ra-EL ha-ye-TA ZOT be-yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-yo-ME-ru la-MA Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE yis-ra-EL ha-ye-TA ZOT be-yis-ra-EL le-hi-pa-KED ha-YOM mi-yis-ra-EL SHE-vet e-KHAD
Exegesis
The compound divine title YHWH Elohei Yisrael {יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל | Yəhōwāh ʾĕlōhêy yiśrāʾēl} ‘LORD God of Israel’ functions as a covenant address.
In context — Judges 21:3
And they said, “Why, LORD God of Israel , has this happened in Israel, that one tribe should be missing from Israel today?”
About this coordinate
Judges 21:3:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Judges 21:3, 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 Judg.21.3.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.21.3.W4.S1) and character.