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
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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Word in context
- word
Ye-ho-VAH
- phraseyour reading level
ye-sag-GER-kha Ye-ho-VAH be-ya-DI
- 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
- 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 context — 1 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.