Psalm 18:2:5Ps.18.2.W5TABWLC Psalms 18:3
אֵלִ֑י
eli
“my God”
- Transliteration
- e-LI
- Extended
- EE-lee
- IPA
- /ʔeːˈliː/
Meaning by language
- English
- my God
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
e-LI
- phraseyour reading level
u-me-pal-TI e-LI
- clause
ye-ho-VAH sal-E-i u-me-tsu-da-TI u-me-pal-TI e-LI
- sentence
ye-ho-VAH sal-E-i u-me-tsu-da-TI u-me-pal-TI e-LI tsu-RI e-he-se-BO ma-GI-ni ve-KE-ren yish-E-i mis-ga-BI
Exegesis
The second clause begins with ʾê-lî {אֵלִי | ʾê-lî} ‘my God’ and continues with the construct chain ṣû-rî ʾe-ḥe-sê-ḇô {צֽוּרִי אֶחֱסֶה־בּוֹ | ṣû-rî ʾe-ḥe-sê-ḇô} ‘rock; I will take refuge in Him’, followed by mā-gi-nî {מָגִנִּי | mā-gi-nî} ‘shield’, wə-qer-en yiš-ʿî {וְקֶרֶן־יִשְׁעִי | wə-qer-en yiš-ʿî} ‘horn of salvation’, and miś-gab-bî {מִשְׂגַּבִּי | miś-gab-bî} ‘stronghold’. The cumulative parallelism emphasizes God’s multifaceted defense. English renders the construct nouns as possessive phrases and sequences them for literary flow while retaining poetic parallelism.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–lamed
“mighty one”
In context — Psalm 18:2
The LORD is my rock , my fortress, and my deliverer. My God , my rock—in Him I will take refuge—my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
About this coordinate
Psalm 18:2:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Psalm 18:2, so the Hebrew word אֵלִ֑י (eli) 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 Ps.18.2.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Ps.18.2.W5.S1) and character.