1 Kings 22:11:91 Kgs.22.11.W9TAB
יְהוָ֔ה
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
- clause
kar-NEI bar-ZEL va-yo-MER ko-a-MAR Ye-ho-VAH be-E-le te-nag-AKH et-a-RAM ad-ka-lo-TAM
- sentence
va-ya-AS LO tsid-ki-YA ben-ke-na-A-na kar-NEI bar-ZEL va-yo-MER ko-a-MAR Ye-ho-VAH be-E-le te-nag-AKH et-a-RAM ad-ka-lo-TAM
Exegesis
The prophetic formula kō-’āmar YHWH {כֹּה־אָמַר יְהוָה | kō-’ā-mar Yə-hō-wāh} ‘thus says the LORD’ frames the ensuing declaration as divine edict.
Root and etymology
Rooth-w-h
“to be, exist”
In context — 1 Kings 22:11
And Zedekiah son of Kenaanah made for himself horns of iron and said, “Thus says the LORD : ‘With these you will gore Aram until their destruction.’”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 22:11:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 1 Kings 22:11, 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.22.11.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.22.11.W9.S1) and character.