1 Kings 15:26:41 Kgs.15.26.W4TAB
יְהוָ֑ה
yehovah
“the LORD”
- Transliteration
- ye-ho-VAH
- Extended
- yeh-ho-VAH
- IPA
- /jəhoˈvaː/
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
be-e-NE ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-ya-AS ha-RA be-e-NE ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-ya-AS ha-RA be-e-NE ye-ho-VAH va-ye-LEKH be-DE-rekh a-VIV u-ve-kha-ta-TO a-SHER he-khe-TI et-yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The idiom bə-ʿê-nê Yə-hō-wāh {בְּעֵינֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה | bə-ʿê-nê Yə-hō-wāh} ‘in the eyes of the LORD’ establishes divine moral assessment.
Root and etymology
heh–yod–hehheh–yod–heh
“to be, exist”
In context — 1 Kings 15:26
He did evil in the eyes of the LORD ; he walked in his father’s way and in the sin by which he caused Israel to commit .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 15:26:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Kings 15:26, so the Hebrew word יְהוָ֑ה (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.15.26.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.15.26.W4.S1) and character.