1 Kings 18:12:191 Kgs.18.12.W19TAB
אֶת־יְהוָ֖ה
etyehovah
“the LORD”
- Transliteration
- et-ye-ho-VAH
- Extended
- eht-yeh-ho-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 | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
et-ye-ho-VAH
- phraseyour reading level
ya-RE et-ye-ho-VAH
- clause
ve-av-de-KHA ya-RE et-ye-ho-VAH min-ne-u-RAI
- sentence
ve-ha-YA a-NI e-LEKH me-i-TAKH ve-RU-akh ye-ho-VAH yis-SA-a-kha AL a-SHER lo-E-DA u-va-TI le-ha-GID le-akh-AV ve-LO yim-tsa-A-kha va-ha-ra-GA-ni ve-av-de-KHA ya-RE et-ye-ho-VAH min-ne-u-RAI
Exegesis
The final clause wə-ʿă-bə-dəkha yārēʾ ʼeṯ-Yə-hō-wāh min-nə-ʿūrāy {וְעַבְדְּךָ֛ יָרֵ֥א אֶת־יְהוָ֖ה מִנְּעֻרָֽי | wə-ʿă-ḇə-dəkha yārēʾ ʼeṯ-Yə-hō-wāh min-nə-ʿūrāy} ‘and your servant fears the LORD from my youth’ contrasts the potential threats with lifelong reverence.
Root and etymology
Rooth-w-h
“to be, exist”
In context — 1 Kings 18:12
And it will happen that when I go from you, the Spirit of the LORD will carry you to a place I do not know. And if I come to tell Ahab and he does not find you, he will kill me. But your servant has feared the LORD from my youth .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:12:19 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 19 of 1 Kings 18:12, so the Hebrew word אֶת־יְהוָ֖ה (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.18.12.W19, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.12.W19.S1) and character.