1 Samuel 16:7:21 Sam.16.7.W2TAB
יְהוָ֜ה
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
va-YO-mer ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-YO-mer ye-ho-VAH el-she-mu-EL al-ta-BET el-mar-E-hu ve-el-ge-VO-ah ko-ma-TO KI me-as-TI-hu
- sentence
va-YO-mer ye-ho-VAH el-she-mu-EL al-ta-BET el-mar-E-hu ve-el-ge-VO-ah ko-ma-TO KI me-as-TI-hu KI LO a-SHER yir-E ha-a-DAM KI ha-a-DAM yir-E la-e-NA-yim va-ye-ho-VAH yir-E lal-le-VAV
Exegesis
The verse begins with the vav-consecutive verb vayomer {וַיֹּ֨אמֶר | wayyōmer} ‘and he said,’ introducing direct speech from YHWH {יְהוָ֜ה | Yəhôwāh} to Shemuel {שְׁמוּאֵל | šəmûʾēl}.
Root and etymology
h-y-hheh–yod–heh
“to be, exist”
In context — 1 Samuel 16:7
But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not look at his appearance or at the height of his stature, for I have rejected him; for the human does not see as mortals see, for they look at the outward, but the LORD sees to the heart .”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 16:7:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Samuel 16:7, so the Hebrew word יְהוָ֜ה (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.16.7.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.16.7.W2.S1) and character.