2 Chronicles 18:16:112 Chr.18.16.W11TAB
יְהוָה֙
yehovah
“LORD”
- Transliteration
- ye-ho-VAH
- Extended
- yeh-hoh-VAH
- IPA
- /jəhoˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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
va-yo-MER ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-yo-MER ye-ho-VAH lo-a-do-NIM la-EL-le ya-SHU-vu ish-le-VE-to be-sha-LOM
- sentence
va-yo-MER ra-I-ti et-KOL-yis-ra-EL ne-fo-TSIM al-he-ha-RIM ka-TSON a-SHER en-la-HEN ro-E va-yo-MER ye-ho-VAH lo-a-do-NIM la-EL-le ya-SHU-vu ish-le-VE-to be-sha-LOM
Exegesis
A second vav-consecutive vayomer YHWH {וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה | wā-yō-mer yə-hō-wāh} ‘and the LORD said’ introduces a divine oracle, followed by the negative nominal clause lo adonim la’eleh {לֹא־אֲדֹנִים לָאֵלֶּה | lō ’ă-dō-nîm lā-’ē-lê} ‘they have no masters’.
Root and etymology
h-y-hheh–yod–heh
“to be, exist”
In context — 2 Chronicles 18:16
He said, “I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains like sheep that have no shepherd; and the LORD said, ‘They have no masters ; let each return to his house in peace.’”
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 18:16:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 2 Chronicles 18:16, so the Hebrew word יְהוָה֙ (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.18.16.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.18.16.W11.S1) and character.