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

Result
אֱ + לֹ + הַ֔י
e + lo + hai
elohai

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Hateph Segholreduced 'eh'
Lamedl as in law
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Word in context

  1. word

    e-lo-HAI

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HAI

  3. clause

    u-VA ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HAI kol-ke-do-SHIM i-MAKH

  4. 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 contextZechariah 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.