Leviticus 19:31:9Lev.19.31.W9TAB
אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃
eloheykhem
“your God”
- Transliteration
- e-lo-HEY-khem
- Extended
- eh-loh-HEY-khem
- IPA
- /ʔɛ.loˈheː.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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The word
Word in context
- word
e-lo-HEY-khem
- phraseyour reading level
Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEY-khem
- clause
a-NI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEY-khem
- sentence
al-tif-NU ehl-hah-oh-VOT veh-ehl-hah-yid-deh-o-NEEM al-te-vak-SHU leh-tah-meh-AH vah-HEM a-NI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEY-khem
Exegesis
The final covenant formula ani YHWH eloheikhem {אֲנִי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם | ʾănî Yəhôwâ ʾĕlōhê-kem} asserts divine authority. English word order preserves the Hebrew parallelism and causal relationship between prohibitions and ritual impurity.
In context — Leviticus 19:31
Do not turn to the mediums or to the spiritists, and do not seek them out, lest you become unclean by them. I am the LORD your God .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 19:31:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Leviticus 19:31, so the Hebrew word אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃ (eloheykhem) 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.19.31.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.19.31.W9.S1) and character.