Nehemiah 13:29:3Neh.13.29.W3TAB
אֱלֹהָ֑י
elohai
“my God”
- Transliteration
- e-lo-HAI
- Extended
- eh-loh-HAAI
- IPA
- /ʔɛloːˈhaːj/
Meaning by language
- English
- my 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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
e-lo-HAI
- clause
zakh-RA la-HEM e-lo-HAI
- sentence
zakh-RA la-HEM e-lo-HAI AL ga-o-LE ha-ke-hu-NA u-ve-RIT ha-ke-hu-NA ve-hal-vi-YIM
Exegesis
carries imperative force in direct address to Elohai {אֱלֹהָ֑י | ʾĕ-lō-hāy}.
Root and etymology
א־ל־ה
“God”
In context — Nehemiah 13:29
Remember them, O my God , for they have defiled the priesthood, the covenant of the priesthood, and the Levites.
About this coordinate
Nehemiah 13:29:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Nehemiah 13:29, so the Hebrew word אֱלֹהָ֑י (elohai) 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.13.29.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Neh.13.29.W3.S1) and character.