1 Samuel 20:22:111 Sam.20.22.W11TAB
יְהוָֽה׃
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
- clause
va-ha-le-A LEKH KI shil-la-KHA ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
ve-im-KO o-MAR la-NA-ar hi-NE ha-KHI-tsim mim-me-KHA va-ha-le-A LEKH KI shil-la-KHA ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The perfect shalachkha {שָׁלַחְךָ | šālâḥāka} (“he has sent you”) immediately precedes the divine name YHWH {יְהוָה | Yəhōwāh}, attributing the commissioning to God. In translation, ki is rendered as “for” in the formal to stress causation and as “if” in the dynamic to highlight the conditional nature of the signal.
Root and etymology
ה־י־ה
“to be”
In context — 1 Samuel 20:22
But if I say thus to the young man, “Behold, the arrows are beyond you,” then go your way, for the LORD has sent you away.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 20:22:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 1 Samuel 20:22, so the Hebrew word יְהוָֽה׃ (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.20.22.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.20.22.W11.S1) and character.