1 Chronicles 17:20:11 Chr.17.20.W1TAB
יְהוָה֙
yehovah
“LORD”
- Transliteration
- ye-ho-VAH
- Extended
- yeh-ho-VAH
- IPA
- /jəhoˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- LORD
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
ye-ho-VAH
- clause
ye-ho-VAH EN ka-MO-kha ve-EN e-lo-HIM zu-la-TE-kha
- sentence
ye-ho-VAH EN ka-MO-kha ve-EN e-lo-HIM zu-la-TE-kha be-KHOL a-SHER-sha-MA-e-nu be-oz-NE-nu
Exegesis
The verse opens with the existential particle ein {אֵין | ʾēn} ‘there is not’ plus the comparative prepositional phrase kamōkā {כָּמֹכָֽךָ | kā-mō-ḵā} ‘like you’ to stress YHWH’s {יְהוָה | Yə-hō-wāh} uniqueness.
Root and etymology
h-y-h
“to be, exist”
In context — 1 Chronicles 17:20
LORD , there is none like You; there is no God besides You in all that we have heard with our ears.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 17:20:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Chronicles 17:20, so the Hebrew word יְהוָה֙ (yehovah) 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.17.20.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.17.20.W1.S1) and character.