1 Samuel 13:12:81 Sam.13.12.W8TAB

יְהוָ֖ה

yehovah

the LORD

Transliteration
ye-ho-VAH
Extended
yeh-ho-VAH
IPA
/jəhoˈvɑː/

Meaning by language

English
the LORD

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
יְ + ה + וָ֖ה
ye + ho + vah
yehovah

Alphabet Analysis

Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ye-ho-VAH

  2. phraseyour reading level

    u-fe-NE ye-ho-VAH

  3. clause

    va-o-MAR a-TA yer-DU fe-li-sh-TIM e-LAI ha-gil-GAL u-fe-NE ye-ho-VAH LO khi-li-TI

  4. sentence

    va-o-MAR a-TA yer-DU fe-li-sh-TIM e-LAI ha-gil-GAL u-fe-NE ye-ho-VAH LO khi-li-TI va-et-a-PAK va-a-le ha-o-LA

Exegesis

The idiomatic upnei YHWH lo chilliti {וּפְנֵי יְהוָה לֹא חִלִּיתִי | û-p̄ənê Yə-hō-wāh lō’ ḥillîṯî} literally ‘the face of YHWH I have not sought’ uses pnei ‘face/presence’ to denote divine favor.

In context1 Samuel 13:12

And I said, “Now the Philistines will come down against me at Gilgal, and I have not sought the face of the LORD ; so I restrained myself and I offered the burnt offering.”

About this coordinate

1 Samuel 13:12:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Samuel 13:12, 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 Sam.13.12.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.13.12.W8.S1) and character.