1 Samuel 14:34:171 Sam.14.34.W17TAB

לַֽיהוָ֖ה

layehovah

against the LORD

Transliteration
la-ye-ho-VAH
Extended
lah-yeh-hoh-VAH
IPA
/lajəhoˈvaː/

Meaning by language

English
against the LORD

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
לַֽ + י + ה + וָ֖ה
la + ye + ho + vah
layehovah

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
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

    la-ye-ho-VAH

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-LO-te-khe-TE-u la-ye-ho-VAH

  3. clause

    va-YO-mer sha-UL pu-TSU va-AM va-a-mar-TEM la-HEM ha-gi-SHU e-LAI ISH sho-RO ve-ISH se-YE-hu u-she-khat-TEM ba-ZE va-a-khal-TEM ve-LO-te-khe-TE-u la-ye-ho-VAH le-e-KHOL el-ha-DAM

  4. sentence

    va-YO-mer sha-UL pu-TSU va-AM va-a-mar-TEM la-HEM ha-gi-SHU e-LAI ISH sho-RO ve-ISH se-YE-hu u-she-khat-TEM ba-ZE va-a-khal-TEM ve-LO-te-khe-TE-u la-ye-ho-VAH le-e-KHOL el-ha-DAM va-ya-gi-SHU khol-ha-AM ISH sho-RO be-ya-DO ha-LAI-la va-yish-kha-TU-sham

Exegesis

The negative clause wəlō teḥeṭû la–Yəhōwāh {וְלֹא־תֶחֶטְאוּ לַיהוָה | wəlō teḥeṭû la–Yəhōwāh} emphasizes sin as an offense against the divine person.

Root and etymology

h-y-hheh–yod–heh

to be, to exist

In context1 Samuel 14:34

And Saul said, “Disperse yourselves among the people and say to them, ‘Each man bring his ox and each man his sheep to me; slaughter them here and eat. Do not sin against the LORD by eating blood .’” So all the people, each with his ox in hand, brought it that night and slaughtered it there.

About this coordinate

1 Samuel 14:34:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of 1 Samuel 14:34, so the Hebrew word לַֽיהוָ֖ה (layehovah) 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.14.34.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.14.34.W17.S1) and character.