Psalm 18:28:5Ps.18.28.W5TABWLC Psalms 18:29
אֱלֹהַ֣י
elohai
“my God”
- Transliteration
- e-lo-HAI
- Extended
- eh-lo-HAI
- IPA
- /ʔɛloˈħaj/
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
e-lo-HAI
- phraseyour reading level
KI-a-TTA ta-Ir ne-RI ye-ho-VA e-lo-HAI ya-GGI-ah
- sentence
KI-a-TTA ta-Ir ne-RI ye-ho-VA e-lo-HAI ya-GGI-ah kha-she-KKI
Exegesis
The objects neri {נֵרִי | nêrî} ‘my lamp’ and chosheki {חָשְׁכִּי | ḥōšekî} ‘my darkness’ frame the compound name YHWH Elohai {יְֽהוָה אֱלֹהַי | Yəhôwāh ʾĕ-lō-hāy} ‘LORD my God’, accentuating divine agency in illumination. The causative force of the Hiphil imperfect underscores the LORD’s power to bring light and dispel darkness.
Root and etymology
א־ל־ה
“to be strong”
In context — Psalm 18:28
For You will light my lamp ; the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.
About this coordinate
Psalm 18:28:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Psalm 18:28, so the Hebrew word אֱלֹהַ֣י (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 Ps.18.28.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Ps.18.28.W5.S1) and character.