2 Chronicles 15:14:22 Chr.15.14.W2TAB
לַיהוָ֔ה
layehovah
“to the LORD”
- Transliteration
- la-ye-ho-VAH
- Extended
- lah-yeh-hoh-VAH
- IPA
- /la.jəhoˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the LORD
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| 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
la-ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-yish-SHA-vu la-ye-ho-VAH be-KOL ga-DOL u-vit-ru-AH
- sentence
va-yish-SHA-vu la-ye-ho-VAH be-KOL ga-DOL u-vit-ru-AH u-va-kha-tso-tse-ROT u-ve-sho-fa-ROT
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase la-YHWH {לַיהוָה | la-Yə-hō-wāh} ‘to the LORD’ specifies the oath’s addressee.
In context — 2 Chronicles 15:14
And they swore to the LORD with a great voice , with shouting, with trumpets, and with shofars.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 15:14:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Chronicles 15:14, so the Hebrew word לַיהוָ֔ה (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.15.14.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.15.14.W2.S1) and character.