1 Kings 16:33:81 Kgs.16.33.W8TAB
אֶת־יְהֹוָה֙
etyehovah
“the LORD”
- Transliteration
- et-ye-ho-VAH
- Extended
- eht-yeh-hoh-VAH
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.jəhoˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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 | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| 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
va-yo-SEF akh-AV la-a-SOT le-hakh-IS et-ye-ho-VAH a-lo-HE yis-ra-EL mi-KOL mal-KHE yis-ra-EL a-SHER ha-YU le-fa-NAV
- sentence
va-ya-AS akh-AV et-ha-a-she-RA va-yo-SEF akh-AV la-a-SOT le-hakh-IS et-ye-ho-VAH a-lo-HE yis-ra-EL mi-KOL mal-KHE yis-ra-EL a-SHER ha-YU le-fa-NAV
Exegesis
The accusative is marked by et {אֶת־ | ʾet} ‘direct object marker’ before both ha'asherah {הָאֲשֵׁרָה | hāʾăšērāh} ‘the Asherah’ and YHWH {יְהֹוָה | Yəhōwāh} ‘LORD’, highlighting the cultic object and the divine target.
Root and etymology
h-w-hheh–vav–heh
“to be, exist”
In context — 1 Kings 16:33
And Ahab made an Asherah pole and did more to provoke the LORD the God of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel before him.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 16:33:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Kings 16:33, so the Hebrew word אֶת־יְהֹוָה֙ (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.16.33.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.16.33.W8.S1) and character.