1 Kings 18:32:51 Kgs.18.32.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-SHEM ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-yiv-NE et-ha-a-va-NIM miz-BE-akh be-SHEM ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-yiv-NE et-ha-a-va-NIM miz-BE-akh be-SHEM ye-ho-VAH va-ya-AS te-a-LA ke-VEIT sa-ta-YIM ZE-ra sa-VIV lam-miz-BE-akh
Exegesis
The object mizbeach {מִזְבֵּחַ | mizzebāḥ} ‘altar’ is specified ‘in the name of’ God through beshem YHWH {בְּשֵׁם יְהוָה | bəšêm yəhôwâh}, indicating dedication.
Root and etymology
Rooth-w-h
“to be, exist”
In context — 1 Kings 18:32
And he built the stones into an altar in the name of the LORD and made a trench around the altar large enough to hold two seahs of seed.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:32:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Kings 18:32, 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.18.32.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.32.W5.S1) and character.