1 Kings 18:39:61 Kgs.18.39.W6TAB
יְהוָה֙
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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Word in context
- word
ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-yo-ME-ru ye-ho-VAH HU ha-e-lo-HIM ye-ho-VAH HU ha-e-lo-HIM
- sentence
va-YAR kal-ha-AM va-yip-LU al-pe-NE-hem va-yo-ME-ru ye-ho-VAH HU ha-e-lo-HIM ye-ho-VAH HU ha-e-lo-HIM
Exegesis
Within the quotation, the paratactic parallelism of YHWH hûʾ haʾĕlōhîm {יְהוָה הוּא הָאֱלֹהִים | Yə·hō·wāh hûʾ hā·ʾĕ·lō·hîm} intensifies the affirmation of divine identity by repetition. The English maintains these clause boundaries and rhetorical repetition to reflect the Hebrew emphasis.
Root and etymology
ה־י־ה
“to be, to exist”
In context — 1 Kings 18:39
And all the people saw and fell on their faces and said, “The LORD is God; the LORD is God.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:39:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Kings 18:39, so the Hebrew word יְהוָה֙ (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.18.39.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.39.W6.S1) and character.