Psalm 22:10:6Ps.22.10.W6TABWLC Psalms 22:11
אֵ֣לִי
eli
“my God”
- Transliteration
- E-li
- Extended
- EE-lih
- IPA
- /ˈʔeː.li/
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
E-li A-ta
- clause
mi-BE-ten i-MI E-li A-ta
- sentence
a-LE-kha hash-lakh-TI me-ra-KHEM mi-BE-ten i-MI E-li A-ta
Exegesis
The concluding clause eli attah {אֵלִי אָתָּה | ’ê-lî ’a-ṯ-ṯāh} ‘You are my God’ asserts a climactic personal relationship. In this translation, the prepositional sources retain “from” to reflect Hebrew emphasis, and the copular clause is rendered in the present tense to preserve its force.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–lamed
“God, strong one”
In context — Psalm 22:10
Upon You I was cast from the womb ; from the belly of my mother, You are my God .
About this coordinate
Psalm 22:10:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Psalm 22:10, so the Hebrew word אֵ֣לִי (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.22.10.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Ps.22.10.W6.S1) and character.