1 Kings 20:42:51 Kgs.20.42.W5TAB
יְהוָ֔ה
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
a-MAR ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-yo-MER e-LAV KO a-MAR ye-ho-VAH YA-an shil-LAKH-ta et-I-shi-kher-MI mi-YAD
- sentence
va-yo-MER e-LAV KO a-MAR ye-ho-VAH YA-an shil-LAKH-ta et-I-shi-kher-MI mi-YAD ve-ha-ye-TA NA-fe-she-kha TA-khat naf-SHO ve-am-ME-kha TA-khat a-MO
Exegesis
The prophetic formula koh amar yehowah {כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה | kō ʾā-mar Yə-hō-wāh} ‘Thus says the LORD’ asserts divine authority.
Root and etymology
h-y-hheh–yod–heh
“to be, exist”
In context — 1 Kings 20:42
And he said to him, “Thus says the LORD : Because you have released the man I had devoted to destruction from your hand, your life shall go in place of his life, and your people in place of his people.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 20:42:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Kings 20:42, so the Hebrew word יְהוָ֔ה (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.20.42.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.20.42.W5.S1) and character.