1 Chronicles 21:22:91 Chr.21.22.W9TAB
לַיהוָ֑ה
layehovah
“to the LORD”
- Transliteration
- la-ye-ho-VAH
- Extended
- lah-yeh-ho-VAH
- IPA
- /lajəhoˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the LORD
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
la-ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-yo-MER da-VID el-OR-nan te-NA-LI me-KOM ha-GO-ren ve-ev-NE-VO miz-BE-akh la-ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-yo-MER da-VID el-OR-nan te-NA-LI me-KOM ha-GO-ren ve-ev-NE-VO miz-BE-akh la-ye-ho-VAH be-KHE-sef ma-LE te-NE-hu LI ve-TE-a-tsar ha-ma-GE-fa me-AL ha-AM
Exegesis
The vav-consecutive imperfect ve-evneh-bo {וְאֶבְנֶה־בּוֹ | wə-evnē-bô} expresses his intent to build an altar mizbeach {מִזְבֵּחַ | mizbêaḥ} for la-YHWH {לַיהוָה | la-YHWH}.
Root and etymology
consonantsHeh–Yod–Heh
“to be, to exist”
In context — 1 Chronicles 21:22
And David said to Ornan, “Give me the place of the threshing floor, so that I may build an altar there to the LORD . Give it to me for the full price in silver , so that the plague may be restrained from upon the people.”
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 21:22:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 1 Chronicles 21:22, so the Hebrew word לַיהוָ֑ה (layehovah) 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.21.22.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.21.22.W9.S1) and character.