2 Chronicles 14:7:162 Chr.14.7.W16TABWLC 2 Chronicles 14:6
אֶת־יְהוָ֣ה
etyehovah
“the LORD”
- Transliteration
- et-ye-ho-VAH
- Extended
- eet-yeh-ho-VAH
- IPA
- /daːˈraʃ.nuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the LORD
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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
et-ye-ho-VAH
- phraseyour reading level
et-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-nu
- clause
o-de-REN-nu ha-A-rets le-fa-NE-nu KI da-RASH-nu et-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-nu da-RASH-nu va-YA-nakh LA-nu
- sentence
va-YO-mer li-ye-hu-DA niv-ne-NE et-ha-a-RIM ha-E-le ve-na-SEV kho-MA u-mig-da-LIM de-la-TA-yim u-ve-ri-KHIM o-de-REN-nu ha-A-rets le-fa-NE-nu KI da-RASH-nu et-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-nu da-RASH-nu va-YA-nakh LA-nu mi-sa-VIV va-yiv-NU va-yits-li-KHU
Exegesis
The causal conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} ‘because’ frames the theological motif introduced by the perfect darashnu {דָּרַשְׁנוּ | dā-raš-nū} ‘we have sought’, repeated for emphasis, targeting YHWH Eloheinu {יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ | Yə-hō-wāh ’ĕ-lō-hê-nū} ‘the LORD our God’.
Root and etymology
h-w-h
“to be, exist”
In context — 2 Chronicles 14:7
And he said to Judah, “Let us build these cities and surround them with walls, towers, gates, and bars. The land is still before us, because we have sought the LORD our God . We have sought Him, and He has given us rest on every side.” So they built and prospered .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 14:7:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of 2 Chronicles 14:7, so the Hebrew word אֶת־יְהוָ֣ה (etyehovah) 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.14.7.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.14.7.W16.S1) and character.