Leviticus 23:28:15Lev.23.28.W15TAB

אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃

ehloheekhem

your God

Transliteration
eh-lo-HEE-khem
Extended
eh-loh-HEE-khem
IPA
/ʔɛ.loˈheː.xɛm/

Meaning by language

English
your God

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
אֱ + לֹ + הֵי + כֶֽם׃
eh + lo + hee + khem
ehloheekhem

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Hateph Segholreduced 'eh'
Lamedl as in law
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    eh-lo-HEE-khem

  2. phraseyour reading level

    Ye-ho-VAH eh-lo-HEE-khem

  3. clause

    KI YOM kih-POO-RIM HU le-KHA-PER a-LEE-khem lif-NEE Ye-ho-VAH eh-lo-HEE-khem

  4. sentence

    ve-KHOL-meh-la-KHAH LO ta-a-SOO be-E-TSEM ha-YOM ha-ZEH KI YOM kih-POO-RIM HU le-KHA-PER a-LEE-khem lif-NEE Ye-ho-VAH eh-lo-HEE-khem

Exegesis

The infinitive le-ḥap̄pēr ’ălêkhem {לְכַפֵּר עֲלֵיכֶם | lə-ḥap-pēr ʿa-lê-ḵem} ‘to make atonement for you’ expresses purpose, and the prepositional phrase lifnê yəhōwāh ’ĕlōḥê-khem {לִפְנֵי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם | li-p̄nê yə-hō-wāh ʾĕ-lō-ḥê-ḵem} ‘before the LORD your God’ locates the ritual within the divine presence, linking the covenant name with the divine title.

Root and etymology

ʾ-l-haleph-lamed-heh

god, mighty one

In contextLeviticus 23:28

And you shall not do any work on the very day , because it is the Day of Atonements, to make atonement for you before the LORD your God .

About this coordinate

Leviticus 23:28:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Leviticus 23:28, so the Hebrew word אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃ (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.23.28.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.23.28.W15.S1) and character.