1 Kings 14:21:171 Kgs.14.21.W17TAB
יְהוָ֜ה
yehovah
“the LORD”
- Transliteration
- ye-ho-VAH
- Extended
- yeh-ho-VAH
- IPA
- /ʔăʃɛr.baːˈħar/
Meaning by language
- English
- the 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
- phraseyour reading level
a-sher-ba-KHAR ye-ho-VAH
- clause
ben-ar-ba-IM ve-a-KHAT sha-NA re-kha-VAM be-mal-KHO u-sha-VA e-se-RE sha-NA ma-LAKH bi-ru-sha-LA-im ha-IR a-sher-ba-KHAR ye-ho-VAH la-SUM et-she-MO SHAM mi-KOL shiv-TE yis-ra-EL ve-SHEM im-MO na-a-MA ha-a-mo-NIT-akh
- sentence
u-re-kha-vam ben-she-lo-MO ma-LAKH bi-ye-hu-DA ben-ar-ba-IM ve-a-KHAT sha-NA re-kha-VAM be-mal-KHO u-sha-VA e-se-RE sha-NA ma-LAKH bi-ru-sha-LA-im ha-IR a-sher-ba-KHAR ye-ho-VAH la-SUM et-she-MO SHAM mi-KOL shiv-TE yis-ra-EL ve-SHEM im-MO na-a-MA ha-a-mo-NIT-akh
Exegesis
The second mālaḵ {מָלַךְ | mālaḵ} introduces the reign-location bîrûšālayim {בִּירוּשָׁלַם | bîrûšālayim} ‘in Jerusalem,’ then a specifying apposition hāʿîr {הָעִיר | hāʿîr} ‘the city’ is expanded by a relative clause ʾăšer-bāḥar YHWH {אֲשֶׁר־בָּחַר יְהוָה | ʾăšer-bāḥar YHWH} ‘which the LORD chose.’
Root and etymology
h-y-hheh–yod–heh
“to be, exist”
In context — 1 Kings 14:21
And Rehoboam , the son of Solomon, reigned in Judah. Forty-one years old was Rehoboam when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD chose from all the tribes of Israel to set His Name there. And his mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 14:21:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of 1 Kings 14:21, so the Hebrew word יְהוָ֜ה (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 Kgs.14.21.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.14.21.W17.S1) and character.