1 Samuel 17:46:41 Sam.17.46.W4TAB

יְהוָ֨ה

yehovah

the LORD

Transliteration
Ye-ho-VAH
Extended
Yeh-ho-VAH
IPA
/jəhoˈvaː/

Meaning by language

English
the LORD

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Result
יְ + ה + וָ֨ה
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

    ye-sag-GER-kha Ye-ho-VAH be-ya-DI

  3. clause

    ha-YOM ha-ZE ye-sag-GER-kha Ye-ho-VAH be-ya-DI ve-hi-KI-ti-kha va-ha-si-RO-ti et-RO-sha-kha me-a-LE-kha ve-na-TAT-ti PE-ger ma-kha-NE pe-li-SHTIM ha-YOM ha-ZE le-OF ha-sha-MA-yim u-le-kha-YAT ha-A-rets

  4. sentence

    ha-YOM ha-ZE ye-sag-GER-kha Ye-ho-VAH be-ya-DI ve-hi-KI-ti-kha va-ha-si-RO-ti et-RO-sha-kha me-a-LE-kha ve-na-TAT-ti PE-ger ma-kha-NE pe-li-SHTIM ha-YOM ha-ZE le-OF ha-sha-MA-yim u-le-kha-YAT ha-A-rets ve-ye-de-U KAL-ha-A-rets KI YESH e-lo-HIM le-yis-ra-EL

Exegesis

The Hiphil imperfect yə-sag-ger-kha {יְסַגֶּרְךָ֩ | yə-sag-ger-kha} ‘will deliver you’ expresses divine agency with YHWH {יְהוָ֨ה | Yə-hō-wāh} as subject.

Root and etymology

Rootheh-yod-heh

to be, exist

In context1 Samuel 17:46

This day the LORD will deliver you into my hand, and I will strike you and remove your head from upon you. And this day I will give the bodies of the camp of the Philistines to the birds of the heavens so that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel.

About this coordinate

1 Samuel 17:46:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Samuel 17:46, so the Hebrew word יְהוָ֨ה (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.17.46.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.46.W4.S1) and character.