1 Samuel 15:13:91 Sam.15.13.W9TAB
לַֽיהוָ֔ה
layehovah
“to the LORD”
- Transliteration
- la-ye-ho-VAH
- Extended
- lah-yeh-ho-VAH
- IPA
- /la.jə.ho.ˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the LORD
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
la-ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-YO-mer LO sha-UL ba-RUKH a-TA la-ye-ho-VAH ha-ki-MO-ti et-de-VAR ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-ya-VO she-mu-EL el-sha-UL va-YO-mer LO sha-UL ba-RUKH a-TA la-ye-ho-VAH ha-ki-MO-ti et-de-VAR ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The blessing formula barukh ʾattāh laYHWH {בָּר֤וּךְ אַתָּה֙ לַֽיהוָ֔ה | bārûḥ ʾattāh lə-Yəhōwāh} ‘blessed are you to the LORD’ combines a participle, independent pronoun, and divine name.
Root and etymology
h-y-hheh–yod–heh
“to be, exist”
In context — 1 Samuel 15:13
And Samuel came to Saul, and Saul said to him, “Blessed are you to the LORD ; I have fulfilled the word of the LORD.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 15:13:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 1 Samuel 15:13, so the Hebrew word לַֽיהוָ֔ה (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.15.13.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.15.13.W9.S1) and character.