1 Kings 16:26:111 Kgs.16.26.W11TAB
אֶת־יְהוָ֛ה
etyehovah
“{direct object marker} the LORD”
- Transliteration
- et-ye-ho-VAH
- Extended
- eht-yeh-hoh-VAH
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.jəhoˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- {direct object marker} the LORD
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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
et-ye-ho-VAH
- clause
le-hakh-IS et-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE yis-ra-EL be-hav-le-HEM
- sentence
va-YE-lekh be-KHOL-DE-rekh ya-rav-AM ben-ne-VAT u-ve-kha-ta-TAI-v u-ve-kha-TA-to a-SHER he-khe-TI et-yis-ra-EL le-hakh-IS et-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE yis-ra-EL be-hav-le-HEM
Exegesis
The compound divine name YHWH Elohei Yisra’el {יְהוָ֛ה אֱלֹהֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל | yə-hō-wāh ’ĕ-lō-ḥē yiś-rā-’ēl} foregrounds covenant identity and national belonging.
Root and etymology
h-w-hheh–vav–heh
“to be, exist”
In context — 1 Kings 16:26
He walked in the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat and in his sins which he caused Israel to sin, to provoke the LORD God of Israel to anger with their vanities .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 16:26:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 1 Kings 16:26, so the Hebrew word אֶת־יְהוָ֛ה (etyehovah) 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.16.26.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.16.26.W11.S1) and character.