Zechariah 14:5:16Zech.14.5.W16TAB
אֱלֹהַ֔י
elohai
“my God”
- Transliteration
- e-lo-HAI
- Extended
- eh-loh-HAA-ee
- IPA
- /ʔɛloˈhaj/
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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The word
Word in context
- word
e-lo-HAI
- phraseyour reading level
ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HAI
- clause
u-VA ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HAI kol-ke-do-SHIM i-MAKH
- sentence
ve-nas-TEM ge-HA-rai ki-ya-GI-a ge-ha-RIM el-a-TSAL ve-nas-TEM ka-a-SHER nas-TEM mi-pe-NE ha-RA-ash bi-me u-zi-YA ME-lekh-ye-hu-DA u-VA ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HAI kol-ke-do-SHIM i-MAKH
Exegesis
The compound designation YHWH elohai {יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהַ֔י | Yə-hō-wāh ʾĕ-lō-hāy} marks the Lord’s visitation accompanied by kolkedoshim immakh {כָּל־קְדֹשִׁ֖ים עִמָּֽךְ | kôl-qə-dō-šîm im-māḵ}.
Root and etymology
ʾ-l-hʾ-l-h
“God, mighty one”
In context — Zechariah 14:5
And you will flee to the valley of my mountains, for the valley of the mountains will reach to Azal. And you will flee as you fled from the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. And the LORD my God will come, and all the holy ones with you.
About this coordinate
Zechariah 14:5:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Zechariah 14:5, so the Hebrew word אֱלֹהַ֔י (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 Zech.14.5.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Zech.14.5.W16.S1) and character.