Leviticus 22:25:6Lev.22.25.W6TAB
אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֖ם
ehloheekhem
“your God”
- Transliteration
- eh-loh-ee-KHEM
- Extended
- eh-loh-ee-KHEM
- IPA
- /ʔɛ.lo.heːˈxɛm/
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
eh-loh-ee-KHEM
- phraseyour reading level
et-LE-khem eh-loh-ee-KHEM
- clause
oo-mi-YAD ben-ne-KHAR LO tak-REE-VOO et-LE-khem eh-loh-ee-KHEM mik-KOL-EH-leh
- sentence
oo-mi-YAD ben-ne-KHAR LO tak-REE-VOO et-LE-khem eh-loh-ee-KHEM mik-KOL-EH-leh KI mash-kha-TAM ba-HEM MOOM BAM LO ye-ra-TSU la-KHEM
Exegesis
The possessive Eloheikhem {אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֖ם | ʾĕlōhēyḵem} ‘your God’ denotes divine ownership.
In context — Leviticus 22:25
And from the hand of a foreigner you shall not bring the bread of your God from any of these, for their corruption is in them; a defect is in them, and they will not be accepted for you.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 22:25:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Leviticus 22:25, so the Hebrew word אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֖ם (ehloheekhem) 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.22.25.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.22.25.W6.S1) and character.