2 Chronicles 23:20:132 Chr.23.20.W13TAB
יְהוָ֔ה
yehovah
“the LORD”
- Transliteration
- ye-ho-VAH
- Extended
- yeh-ho-VAH
- IPA
- /jəhoˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the 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
mi-BET ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-yik-KAKH et-sa-RE ha-me-OT ve-et-ha-a-di-RIM ve-et-ha-mo-she-LIM ba-AM ve-ET kol-AM ha-A-rets va-yo-RED et-ha-ME-lekh mi-BET ye-ho-VAH va-ya-BO-u be-TOKH-sha-AR ha-el-YON BET ha-ME-lekh
- sentence
va-yik-KAKH et-sa-RE ha-me-OT ve-et-ha-a-di-RIM ve-et-ha-mo-she-LIM ba-AM ve-ET kol-AM ha-A-rets va-yo-RED et-ha-ME-lekh mi-BET ye-ho-VAH va-ya-BO-u be-TOKH-sha-AR ha-el-YON BET ha-ME-lekh va-yo-shi-VU et-ha-ME-lekh AL ki-SE ha-mam-la-KHA
Exegesis
The Hiphil vayored {וַיּוֹרֶד | va-yo-rêḏ} ‘and he brought down’ signals a causative descent of the king mibeit {מִבֵּית | mi-bêṯ} ‘from the house of’ YHWH {יְהוָה | Yə-hō-wāh} ‘LORD’.
Root and etymology
ה־ו־הh-w-h
“to be, exist”
In context — 2 Chronicles 23:20
He gathered the commanders of the hundreds, the nobles, the rulers among the people, and all the inhabitants of the land, and he led the king down from the house of the LORD . They went in by the upper gate of the king’s house and set the king upon the throne of the kingdom.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 23:20:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 2 Chronicles 23:20, so the Hebrew word יְהוָ֔ה (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.23.20.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.23.20.W13.S1) and character.