1 Chronicles 16:26:51 Chr.16.26.W5TAB
וַיהוָ֖ה
vayehovah
“but the LORD”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-ho-VAH
- Extended
- vah-yeh-ho-VAH
- IPA
- /vaj.jəhoˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- but the LORD
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
va-ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
KI KAL-e-lo-HEI ha-am-MIM e-li-LIM va-ye-ho-VAH sha-MA-yim A-SA
Exegesis
The adversative vav consecutive in vavyehovah {וַיהוָה | wə-yə-hō-wāh} ‘but the LORD’ contrasts false gods with the true divine subject.
Root and etymology
h-y-hheh–yod–heh
“to be; self-existent”
In context — 1 Chronicles 16:26
For all the gods of the nations are idols, but the LORD made the heavens .
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 16:26:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Chronicles 16:26, so the Hebrew word וַיהוָ֖ה (vayehovah) 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 1 Chr.16.26.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.16.26.W5.S1) and character.