Leviticus 26:13:3Lev.26.13.W3TAB
אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֗ם
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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Word in context
- word
e-lo-HE-KHEM
- phraseyour reading level
Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-KHEM
- clause
a-NEE Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-KHEM a-SHER ho-tse-TI et-KHEM mei-E-rets mits-RA-yim mih-heh-YOT la-HEM a-va-DEEM
- sentence
a-NEE Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-KHEM a-SHER ho-tse-TI et-KHEM mei-E-rets mits-RA-yim mih-heh-YOT la-HEM a-va-DEEM va-esh-BOR mo-TOT ul-le-KHEM va-o-LEKH et-KHEM ko-me-mi-YOOT
Exegesis
The verse begins with the independent pronoun ani {אֲנִי | ă-nî} ‘I’, establishing the speaker, followed by the personal name YHWH {יְהוָה | Yə-hō-wāh} ‘LORD’ linked to elohêkhem {אֱלֹהֵיכֶם | ʾĕ-lō-hê-khem} ‘your God’, together asserting covenant identity.
In context — Leviticus 26:13
I am the LORD your God , who brought you out of the land of Egypt from being slaves; and I broke the bars of your yoke and made you walk in uprightness.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 26:13:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Leviticus 26:13, so the Hebrew word אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֗ם (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.26.13.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.26.13.W3.S1) and character.