2 Chronicles 13:11:22 Chr.13.11.W2TAB

לַיהוָ֡ה

layehovah

to the LORD

Transliteration
la-ye-ho-VAH
Extended
lah-yeh-ho-VAH
IPA
/la.jəhoˈvaː/

Meaning by language

English
to the LORD

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Result
לַ + י + ה + וָ֡ה
la + ye + ho + vah
layehovah

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
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

    la-ye-ho-VAH

  2. phraseyour reading level

    u-mak-ti-RIM la-ye-ho-VAH

  3. sentence

    u-mak-ti-RIM la-ye-ho-VAH o-LOT ba-BO-ker-ba-BO-ker u-va-E-rev-ba-E-rev u-ke-TO-ret-sam-MIM u-ma-a-RE-khet LE-khem al-ha-shul-KHAN ha-ta-HOR u-me-no-RAT ha-za-HAV ve-ne-ro-TE-ha le-va-ER ba-E-rev ba-E-rev KI-sho-me-RIM a-NAKH-nu ET-mish-me-RET ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-nu ve-a-TEM a-zav-TEM o-TO

Exegesis

The final contrast is sharp: the speakers “keep” the mishmeret {מִשְׁמֶרֶת | miš-me-reṯ} ‘charge’ belonging to YHWH {יְהוָה | Yə-hō-wāh}, while the addressees are accused with azavtem {עֲזַבְתֶּם | ʿă-zaḇ-tem} ‘you have forsaken,’ culminating in oto {אֹתוֹ | ʾō-ṯō} ‘Him’ as the personal object of abandonment.

Root and etymology

h-y-hheh–yod–heh

be, exist

In context2 Chronicles 13:11

And they make offerings go up in smoke to the LORD —burnt offerings morning by morning and evening by evening, and incense of spices—and they set an arrangement of bread on the pure table, and the gold lampstand with its lamps to keep burning evening by evening; for we are keeping the charge of the LORD our God , but you have forsaken Him.

About this coordinate

2 Chronicles 13:11:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Chronicles 13:11, so the Hebrew word לַיהוָ֡ה (layehovah) 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.13.11.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.13.11.W2.S1) and character.