2 Chronicles 23:16:112 Chr.23.16.W11TAB
לַיהוָֽה׃
layehovah
“for the LORD”
- Transliteration
- la-ye-ho-VAH
- Extended
- lah-yeh-ho-VAH
- IPA
- /la.jəhoˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- for 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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Word in context
- word
la-ye-ho-VAH
- clause
lih-ye-HOT le-AM la-ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-yik-ROT ye-ho-ya-DA be-RIT be-NO u-VEIN KAL-ha-AM u-VEIN ha-ME-lekh lih-ye-HOT le-AM la-ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The infinitive construct li-hyōt {לִהְיוֹת | li-hyōt} expresses purpose, governing the clause lə-‘ām la-YHWH {לְעָם לַיהוָה | lə-‘ām la-YHWH} ‘to be a people for the LORD’. The Hebrew parallelism of repeated prepositional clauses and the successive “to-be … for” structure is rendered in English to reflect the covenant’s collective intent.
Root and etymology
h-w-hheh–vav–heh
“to be, exist”
In context — 2 Chronicles 23:16
Then Jehoiada established a covenant between himself, all the people, and the king, that they would be a people for the LORD .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 23:16:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 2 Chronicles 23:16, so the Hebrew word לַיהוָֽה׃ (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.23.16.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.23.16.W11.S1) and character.