2 Chronicles 12:5:142 Chr.12.5.W14TAB
יְהוָ֗ה
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
ko-a-MAR Ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-yo-MER la-HEM ko-a-MAR Ye-ho-VAH a-TEM a-zav-TEM o-TI ve-af-a-NI a-zav-TI et-khem be-YAD-shi-SHAK
- sentence
u-she-ma-YA ha-na-VI BA el-re-kha-ve-AM ve-sa-RE ye-hu-DA a-sher-ne-e-se-FU el-ye-ru-sha-LIM mip-ne shi-SHAK va-yo-MER la-HEM ko-a-MAR Ye-ho-VAH a-TEM a-zav-TEM o-TI ve-af-a-NI a-zav-TI et-khem be-YAD-shi-SHAK
Exegesis
The vav-consecutive vayomer {וַיֹּ֨אמֶר | wayyōʾmer} marks the shift from report to direct discourse, and the prophetic messenger formula ko-amar YHWH {כֹּה־אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֗ה | kō-ʾāmar yə-hō-wāh} frames the words as divine decree rather than human counsel. Inside the quotation, the matching perfects azavtem…
Root and etymology
Rootheh-yod-heh
“to be, exist”
In context — 2 Chronicles 12:5
And Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam and the officials of Judah who had assembled in Jerusalem because of Shishak, and he said to them, “Thus says the LORD : ‘You have abandoned Me, and I have also abandoned you into the hand of Shishak.’”
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 12:5:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 2 Chronicles 12:5, so the Hebrew word יְהוָ֗ה (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 2 Chr.12.5.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.12.5.W14.S1) and character.