2 Kings 14:3:42 Kgs.14.3.W4TAB
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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The word
Word in context
- word
ye-ho-VAH
- phraseyour reading level
be-e-NEI ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-ya-AS ha-ya-SHAR be-e-NEI ye-ho-VAH RAK LO ke-da-VID a-VIV
- sentence
va-ya-AS ha-ya-SHAR be-e-NEI ye-ho-VAH RAK LO ke-da-VID a-VIV ke-KHOL a-SHER-a-SA yo-ASH a-VIV A-SA
Exegesis
The substantive phrase hayashar {הַיָּשָׁר | hayyāšār} “what was right” establishes moral assessment, followed by the idiomatic prepositional construct be'enei YHWH {בְּעֵינֵי יְהוָה | bə-ʿênê Yə-ḥō-wāh} “in the eyes of the LORD,” conveying divine perspective.
Root and etymology
Rootheh-yod-heh
“to be, exist”
In context — 2 Kings 14:3
And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD , yet not like David his ancestor; he acted in line with all that his father Joash had done.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 14:3:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Kings 14:3, 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 Kgs.14.3.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.14.3.W4.S1) and character.