יְהוָה֙

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 יְהוָה֙

   ye-ho-VAH

   of the LORD
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וּמַלְאַ֤ךְ יְהוָה֙

   u-mal-AKH ye-ho-VAH

   and an angel of the LORD
3. clause🔊 וּמַלְאַ֤ךְ יְהוָה֙ עֹמֵ֔ד עִם־גֹּ֖רֶן אָרְנָ֥ן הַיְבוּסִֽי׃

   u-mal-AKH ye-ho-VAH o-MED im-GO-ren or-NAN ha-ye-vu-SI

   and an angel of the LORD standing with the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite
4. sentence🔊 וַיִּשְׁלַח֩ הָאֱלֹהִ֨ים מַלְאָ֥ךְ לִֽירוּשָׁלִַם֮ לְהַשְׁחִיתָהּ֒ וּכְהַשְׁחִ֗ית רָאָ֤ה יְהוָה֙ וַיִּנָּ֣חֶם עַל־הֽ͏ָרָעָ֔ה וַיֹּ֨אמֶר לַמַּלְאָ֤ךְ הַמַּשְׁחִית֙ רַ֔ב עַתָּ֖ה הֶ֣רֶף יָדֶ֑ךָ וּמַלְאַ֤ךְ יְהוָה֙ עֹמֵ֔ד עִם־גֹּ֖רֶן אָרְנָ֥ן הַיְבוּסִֽי׃

   va-yish-LAKH ha-e-lo-HIM mal-AKH li-ru-sha-LA-yim le-hash-khi-TAH u-khe-hash-KHIT ra-AH ye-ho-VAH va-yin-NA-khem al-ha-ra-AH va-yo-MER lam-mal-AKH ham-mash-KHIT RAV a-TAH HE-ref ya-DE-kha u-mal-AKH ye-ho-VAH o-MED im-GO-ren or-NAN ha-ye-vu-SI

   and he sent God an angel to Jerusalem to destroy it and as he was destroying he saw the LORD and he relented concerning the calamity and he said to the angel the one destroying enough now stop your hand and an angel of the LORD standing with the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite

Exegesis

The clause ukəhašḵîṯ {וּכְהַשְׁחִית | ukəhašḵîṯ} ‘and as he was destroying’ sets the circumstantial scene, interrupted by rāʾāh {רָאָה | rāʾāh} ‘he saw,’ where YHWH {יְהוָה | YHWH} is the perceptive subject.

Finally, the construct malʾākh YHWH {מַלְאַךְ יְהוָה | malʾāḵ YHWH} ‘angel of the LORD’ paired with ʿimgōren {עִם-גֹּרֶן | ʿimgōren} ‘with the threshing floor’ of ʾŏrnān hayĕvūsî {אָרְנָן הַיְבוּסִי | ʾŏrnān hayĕvūsî} frames the location. The progression from purpose clauses to narrative interruption, spoken command, and locative participle underscores the theology of divine judgment and mercy.

Root and etymology

consonants🔊 ה־י־הHeh–Yod–Heh

“to be, to exist”

• 🔊 אֶהְיֶהehyehI will beExodus 3:14