2 Chronicles 29:30:72 Chr.29.30.W7TAB
לַֽיהוָ֔ה
layehovah
“to the LORD”
- Transliteration
- la-ye-ho-VAH
- Extended
- lah-yeh-ho-VAH
- IPA
- /lajəhoˈvaː/
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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Word in context
- word
la-ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-yo-MER ye-khiz-ki-YA-hu ha-ME-lekh ve-ha-sa-RIM lal-vi-YIM le-hal-LEL la-ye-ho-VAH be-div-REI da-VID ve-a-SAF ha-kho-ZEH
- sentence
va-yo-MER ye-khiz-ki-YA-hu ha-ME-lekh ve-ha-sa-RIM lal-vi-YIM le-hal-LEL la-ye-ho-VAH be-div-REI da-VID ve-a-SAF ha-kho-ZEH va-ye-hal-LU ad-le-sim-KHA va-yik-DE-du va-yish-ta-kha-VU
Exegesis
The infinitive lehallel {לְהַלֵּל | lə-hă-lêl} ‘to praise’ frames the directive, directed layhwh {לַֽיהוָה | lā-yə-hō-wāh} ‘to the LORD’.
Root and etymology
“to be, exist”
In context — 2 Chronicles 29:30
And King Hezekiah and the officials said to the Levites, “Praise the LORD with the words of David and Asaph the seer.” Then they praised until there was gladness, and they bowed and prostrated themselves .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 29:30:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Chronicles 29:30, so the Hebrew word לַֽיהוָ֔ה (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.29.30.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.29.30.W7.S1) and character.