1 Kings 22:21:51 Kgs.22.21.W5TAB
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
- phraseyour reading level
lif-NE ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-ye-TSE ha-RU-akh va-ya-a-MOD lif-NE ye-ho-VAH va-yo-MER a-NI a-fat-TE-nu
- sentence
va-ye-TSE ha-RU-akh va-ya-a-MOD lif-NE ye-ho-VAH va-yo-MER a-NI a-fat-TE-nu va-yo-MER ye-ho-VAH e-LAV ba-MA
Exegesis
Successive vav-consecutives—vayyaʿamōḏ {וַיַּעֲמֹד | wayyaʿămōḏ} “and he stood” and wayyōmer {וַיֹּאמֶר | wayyōmer} “and he said”—place the spirit lifnei YHWH {לִפְנֵי יְהוָה | lip̄nê Yə-hō-wāh} “before the LORD” to initiate divine interaction.
Root and etymology
h-w-hheh–vav–heh
“to be, exist”
In context — 1 Kings 22:21
Then the spirit went out and stood before the LORD and said, “I will entice.” Then the LORD said to him, “With what?”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 22:21:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Kings 22:21, 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.22.21.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.22.21.W5.S1) and character.