Nehemiah 13:18:6Neh.13.18.W6TAB
אֱלֹהֵ֜ינוּ
eloheinu
“our God”
- Transliteration
- e-lo-HEI-nu
- Extended
- eh-loh-HAY-noo
- IPA
- /ʔɛloːˈheːnuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- our 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 | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
e-lo-HEI-nu
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-VE e-lo-HEI-nu
- clause
ha-lo KO a-SU a-vo-TEI-khem va-ya-VE e-lo-HEI-nu a-LEI-nu ET KAL-ha-ra-A ha-ZOT ve-AL ha-IR ha-ZOT
- sentence
ha-lo KO a-SU a-vo-TEI-khem va-ya-VE e-lo-HEI-nu a-LEI-nu ET KAL-ha-ra-A ha-ZOT ve-AL ha-IR ha-ZOT ve-a-TEM mo-si-FIM kha-RON al-yis-ra-EL le-kha-LEL et-ha-sha-BAT
Exegesis
A Vav-consecutive clause with vayyave {וַיָּבֵא | way·yā·ḇē} ‘and he brought’ introduces Eloheinu {אֱלֹהֵינוּ | ’ĕ·lō·hê·nû} ‘our God’ as the agent, followed by aleinu {עָלֵינוּ | ‘ā·lê·nû} ‘upon us’ and ve’al ha‘ir hazot {וְעַל הָעִיר הַזֹּאת | wə·‘al hā·‘îr ha·zō·ṯ} ‘and upon this city’.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–lamed–heh
“God”
In context — Nehemiah 13:18
Is it not thus that your fathers acted, and our God brought all this calamity upon us and upon this city? Yet you are adding wrath upon Israel by profaning the Sabbath .
About this coordinate
Nehemiah 13:18:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Nehemiah 13:18, so the Hebrew word אֱלֹהֵ֜ינוּ (eloheinu) 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 Neh.13.18.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Neh.13.18.W6.S1) and character.