לַיהוָ֔ה

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 לַיהוָ֔ה

   la-ye-ho-VAH

   to the LORD
2. clause🔊 וַיִּוָּעַץ֙ אֶל־הָעָ֔ם וַיַּעֲמֵ֤ד מְשֹֽׁרֲרִים֙ לַיהוָ֔ה וּֽמְהַֽלְלִ֖ים לְהַדְרַת־קֹ֑דֶשׁ

   va-yiv-VA-ets el-ha-AM va-ya-a-MED me-sho-ra-RIM la-ye-ho-VAH u-me-hal-le-LIM le-had-RAT-KO-desh

   and he took counsel to the people and he caused to stand or appointed singers to the LORD and those praising for the adornment of holiness
3. sentence🔊 וַיִּוָּעַץ֙ אֶל־הָעָ֔ם וַיַּעֲמֵ֤ד מְשֹֽׁרֲרִים֙ לַיהוָ֔ה וּֽמְהַֽלְלִ֖ים לְהַדְרַת־קֹ֑דֶשׁ בְּצֵאת֙ לִפְנֵ֣י הֶֽחָל֔וּץ וְאֹֽמְרִים֙ הוֹד֣וּ לַיהוָ֔ה כִּ֥י לְעוֹלָ֖ם חַסְדּֽוֹ׃

   va-yiv-VA-ets el-ha-AM va-ya-a-MED me-sho-ra-RIM la-ye-ho-VAH u-me-hal-le-LIM le-had-RAT-KO-desh be-TSET lif-NE he-kha-LUTS ve-o-me-RIM ho-DU la-ye-ho-VAH KI le-o-LAM khas-DO

   and he took counsel to the people and he caused to stand or appointed singers to the LORD and those praising for the adornment of holiness when going out before the vanguard or the armed force and saying give thanks to the LORD for forever his steadfast love

Exegesis

The construct meshorrerim laYHWH {מְשֹׁרֲרִים לַיהוָה | mě-shō-rrē-rîm la-YHWH} ‘singers to the LORD’ uses lamed to dedicate worship.

Veomrim hodu laYHWH ki leolam chasdo {וְאֹמְרִים הוֹדוּ לַיהוָה כִּי לְעוֹלָם חַסְדּוֹ | wĕ-’ōm-rîm hō-dū la-YHWH kî lĕ-‘ō-lām ḥa-ṣā-ḏō} links the imperative ‘give thanks’ with a causal clause introduced by ki, encapsulating the liturgical refrain in battle worship.

Root and etymology

h-y-h🔊 ה־י־הheh–yod–heh

“to be, to exist”

• 🔊 אֶהְיֶהʾehyehI AMExodus 3:14