1 Kings 16:25:51 Kgs.16.25.W5TAB
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-A-SE om-re-I ha-RA be-e-NE ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-ya-A-SE om-re-I ha-RA be-e-NE ye-ho-VAH va-ya-RA mi-KOL a-SHER le-fa-NAIV
Exegesis
The phrase hā-rā‘ be-‘ē-nê YHWH {הָרַע בְּעֵינֵי יְהוָה | hā-rā‘ bə-‘ē-nê Yə-hō-wāh} ‘evil in the eyes of the LORD’ employs the idiom be-‘ē-nê {בְּעֵינֵי | bə-‘ē-nê} ‘in the eyes of’ with a divine name to express moral assessment.
Root and etymology
h-w-hheh–vav–heh
“to be, exist”
In context — 1 Kings 16:25
And Omri did what was evil in the eyes of the LORD , and he acted more wickedly than all who were before him.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 16:25:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Kings 16:25, 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.16.25.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.16.25.W5.S1) and character.