Numbers 15:41:14Num.15.41.W14TAB
אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃
elohekhem
“your God”
- Transliteration
- e-lo-HE-khem
- Extended
- eh-loh-HEH-khem
- IPA
- /ʔɛloheːˈxɛm/
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
a-NI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-khem
- sentence
a-NI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-khem a-SHER ho-tse-TI et-KHEM me-E-retz mits-RA-yim lih-YOT la-KHEM le-e-lo-HIM a-NI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-khem
Exegesis
This is followed by the compound title YHWH elōheikhem {יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם | Yə-hō-wāh ʾĕ-lō-hê-ḵem} ‘LORD your God’, framing an inclusio through repetition.
Root and etymology
א־ל־ה
“god, mighty one”
In context — Numbers 15:41
I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from the land of Egypt to be your God: I am the LORD your God.
About this coordinate
Numbers 15:41:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Numbers 15:41, so the Hebrew word אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃ (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 Num.15.41.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.15.41.W14.S1) and character.