2 Kings 14:6:92 Kgs.14.6.W9TAB
יְהוָ֜ה
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
a-SHER-tsi-VA Ye-ho-VAH
- clause
ka-ka-TUV be-SE-fer to-RAT-mo-SHE a-SHER-tsi-VA Ye-ho-VAH le-MOR LO-yu-me-TU a-VOT al-ba-NIM u-va-NIM LO-yu-me-TU al-a-VOT KI im-ISH be-khe-TO ya-MUT yu-MAT
- sentence
ve-ET-be-NEI ha-ma-KIM LO he-MIT ka-ka-TUV be-SE-fer to-RAT-mo-SHE a-SHER-tsi-VA Ye-ho-VAH le-MOR LO-yu-me-TU a-VOT al-ba-NIM u-va-NIM LO-yu-me-TU al-a-VOT KI im-ISH be-khe-TO ya-MUT yu-MAT
Exegesis
The relative clause asher-tsivah {אֲשֶׁר־צִוָּה | ʾăšer-ṣivvāh} assigns the command to YHWH {יְהוָה | Yə-hō-wāh}, legitimizing the king’s restraint as obedience rather than weakness.
Root and etymology
Rootheh-yod-heh
“to be, exist”
In context — 2 Kings 14:6
But the sons of the killers he did not put to death, as written in the Book of the Law of Moses, which the LORD commanded, saying, “Fathers shall not be put to death for sons, and sons shall not be put to death for fathers; but a man, for his own sin, shall die; he shall be put to death.”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 14:6:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 2 Kings 14:6, so the Hebrew word יְהוָ֜ה (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.14.6.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.14.6.W9.S1) and character.