Leviticus 18:2:8Lev.18.2.W8TAB
אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃
elohekhem
“your God”
- Transliteration
- e-lo-HE-khem
- Extended
- eh-loh-HEH-khem
- IPA
- /ʔɛ.lo.ˈheː.xɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- your 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 | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
e-lo-HE-khem
- phraseyour reading level
Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-khem
- clause
ah-NEE Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-khem
- sentence
da-BER el-be-NEE yis-ra-EL veh-ah-mar-TAH ah-le-HEM ah-NEE Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-khem
Exegesis
The compound designation YHWH Eloheichem {יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם | Yə-hō-wāh ʾĕ-lō-hê-chem} ‘LORD your God’ combines divine covenant name and title to assert authority and relationship. English rendering adapts Hebrew verb–subject–object order into natural imperative discourse followed by quoted divine declaration.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph-lamed-hey
“mighty one, god”
In context — Leviticus 18:2
Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, “I am the LORD your God .”
About this coordinate
Leviticus 18:2:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Leviticus 18:2, so the Hebrew word אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃ (elohekhem) 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 Lev.18.2.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.18.2.W8.S1) and character.