1 Kings 18:37:81 Kgs.18.37.W8TAB
יְהוָ֖ה
yehovah
“LORD”
- Transliteration
- Ye-ho-VAH
- Extended
- Yeh-ho-VAH
- IPA
- /jəhoˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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
ki-A-ta Ye-ho-VAH
- clause
a-NE-ni Ye-ho-VAH a-NE-ni ve-ye-de-U ha-AM ha-ZE ki-A-ta Ye-ho-VAH ha-e-lo-HIM
- sentence
a-NE-ni Ye-ho-VAH a-NE-ni ve-ye-de-U ha-AM ha-ZE ki-A-ta Ye-ho-VAH ha-e-lo-HIM ve-A-ta ha-sib-BO-ta ET-li-BAM a-kho-ra-NIT
Exegesis
The conjunction ki-atta {כִּֽי־אַתָּ֥ה | kî-ʾăt-tāh} introduces the nominal clause YHWH haElohim {יְהוָה הָאֱלֹהִים | Yə-hō-wāh hā-ʾĕ-lō-hîm} ‘that You, LORD, are God’, affirming divine identity.
Root and etymology
Rooth-w-h
“to be, exist”
In context — 1 Kings 18:37
Answer me, LORD ; answer me, so that this people may know that You, LORD, are God , and that You have restored their hearts again.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:37:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Kings 18:37, so the Hebrew word יְהוָ֖ה (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.18.37.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.37.W8.S1) and character.