Leviticus 23:14:12Lev.23.14.W12TAB
אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֑ם
elohekhem
“your God”
- Transliteration
- e-lo-HE-khem
- Extended
- eh-loh-HEE-khem
- IPA
- /ʔɛloˈheːxɛm/
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-HE-khem
- clause
ve-LE-khem ve-ka-LI ve-khar-MEL LO to-akh-LU ad-E-TSEM ha-YOM ha-ZEH AD ha-vi-a-KHEM et-kor-BAN e-lo-HE-khem
- sentence
ve-LE-khem ve-ka-LI ve-khar-MEL LO to-akh-LU ad-E-TSEM ha-YOM ha-ZEH AD ha-vi-a-KHEM et-kor-BAN e-lo-HE-khem khu-KAT o-LAM le-do-ro-TE-khem be-KHOL mo-shvo-TE-khem
Exegesis
A second prepositional ad with the Hiphil infinitive construct haviakhem {הֲבִ֣יאֲכֶ֔ם | ḥă-vî-ʾă-khem} ‘to bring you’ plus the object etkorban eloheikhem {אֶת־קָרְבַּ֖ן אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֑ם | ʾet-qār-bān ʾĕ-lō-hê-ḵem} ‘the offering of your God’ establishes the condition for lifting the prohibition.
Root and etymology
ʾ-l-haleph-lamed-heh
“god, mighty one”
In context — Leviticus 23:14
You shall not eat bread or roasted grain or fresh grain until this very day, until you present the offering to your God . It is a lasting statute for your generations in all your dwelling places.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 23:14:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Leviticus 23:14, so the Hebrew word אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֑ם (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.23.14.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.23.14.W12.S1) and character.