Leviticus 23:40:16Lev.23.40.W16TAB
אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֖ם
elohekhem
“your God”
- Transliteration
- e-lo-he-KHEM
- Extended
- eh-loh-HEI-khem
- IPA
- /ʔɛloˈhejxɛm/
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
- phraseyour reading level
Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-he-KHEM
- clause
oo-se-MAKH-TEM lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-he-KHEM shiv-AT ya-MEEM
- sentence
oo-leh-KAKH-TEM lah-KHEM ba-YOM ha-ri-SHON pe-REE ETS ha-DAR ka-POT te-ma-REEM va-a-NAF ETS-ah-VOT veh-ar-vay-NAH-khal oo-se-MAKH-TEM lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-he-KHEM shiv-AT ya-MEEM
Exegesis
The command u-sə-maḥ-ṯem lif-nê Yə-hō-wāh ʾĕ-lō-hê-ḵem {וּשְׂמַחְתֶּם לִפְנֵי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם | u-sə-maḥ-ṯem lif-nê Yə-hō-wāh ʾĕ-lō-hê-ḵem} ‘and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God’ links communal joy to divine presence.
Root and etymology
ʾ-l-haleph-lamed-heh
“god, mighty one”
In context — Leviticus 23:40
And you shall take for yourselves on the first day the fruit of a beautiful tree , branches of palm trees, a bough of thick-leaved tree, and willows of the brook; and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God for seven days.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 23:40:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Leviticus 23:40, so the Hebrew word אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֖ם (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.23.40.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.23.40.W16.S1) and character.