Numbers 25:2:4Num.25.2.W4TAB
אֱלֹהֵיהֶן
eloheihen
“their gods”
- Transliteration
- e-lo-HEI-hen
- Extended
- eh-loh-HEI-hen
- IPA
- /ʔɛloˈheːhɛn/
Meaning by language
- English
- their gods
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 | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
e-lo-HEI-hen
- phraseyour reading level
e-lo-HEI-hen va-yo-KHAL ha-AM
- clause
va-tik-re-NAH la-AM le-ziv-KHEI e-lo-HEI-hen va-yo-KHAL ha-AM
- sentence
va-tik-re-NAH la-AM le-ziv-KHEI e-lo-HEI-hen va-yo-KHAL ha-AM va-yish-ta-KHA-vu le-e-lo-HEI-hen
Exegesis
The construct chain lə-zivche {לְזִבְחֵי | lə-zib-ḥê} + ’ĕlōhēhen {אֱלֹהֵיהֶן | ʾē-lō-hê-hen} ‘to the sacrifices of their gods’ conveys idolatrous offerings with possessive nuance.
In context — Numbers 25:2
And they called the people to the sacrifices of their gods , and the people ate and bowed down to their gods.
About this coordinate
Numbers 25:2:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 25:2, so the Hebrew word אֱלֹהֵיהֶן (eloheihen) 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.25.2.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.25.2.W4.S1) and character.