מֵֽ/אֵלִיָּ֥הוּ
𐤌/𐤀𐤋𐤉𐤄𐤅
Eliyah
from Elijah
Personal name meaning 'My God is YHWH'; refers primarily to the prominent Israelite prophetic figure active in the northern kingdom during the reigns of Ahab and Ahaziah, but also designates two lesser-known Israelites in later texts. The name expresses allegiance to or declaration of the deity YHWH, integrating the divine elements 'El' (God) and a shortened form of the tetragrammaton 'Yah' (YHWH).
2 Chronicles 21:12 · Word #4
Lexicon H452
| Lemma | אֵלִיָּה |
| Lemma (Paleo) | 𐤀𐤋𐤉𐤄 |
| Transliteration | Eliyah |
| Strong's | H452 |
| Definition | Personal name meaning 'My God is YHWH'; refers primarily to the prominent Israelite prophetic figure active in the northern kingdom during the reigns of Ahab and Ahaziah, but also designates two lesser-known Israelites in later texts. The name expresses allegiance to or declaration of the deity YHWH, integrating the divine elements 'El' (God) and a shortened form of the tetragrammaton 'Yah' (YHWH). |
Morphology HR/Np
All morphology codes
| Part of Speech | N — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea |
| Subtype | p — Proper Name — Proper name |
Common Translation
| Phrase | from Elijah |
SIBI-P1 Translation H452-03
from My-God-is-YHWH
| Morphological Notes | Preposition מִן (assimilated as מֵ־) + proper masculine singular personal name אֵלִיָּהוּ. |
| Rendering Rationale | The proper name אֵלִיָּהוּ is rendered as the theophoric declaration "My-God-is-YHWH," reflecting its composition from אֵל (God) and יָהּ (Yah). The prefixed מֵ־ is preserved as "from," maintaining the prepositional morphology of the specific word form. |
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SILEX v2
SIBI-P2 (Context-Aware)
from Eliyah
| Same as P1 | No — adjusted for context |
| Rationale | Proper noun transliterated from Hebrew. P1 meaning: My God is Yah |