2 Kings 15:3:42 Kgs.15.3.W4TAB
יְהוָ֑ה
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-NE ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-ya-AS ha-ya-SHAR be-e-NE ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-ya-AS ha-ya-SHAR be-e-NE ye-ho-VAH ke-KHOL a-SHER-a-SA a-mats-ya-HU a-VIV
Exegesis
The idiom be’eynei YHWH {בְּעֵינֵי יְהוָה | bəʿēnê yəhōwāh} ‘in the eyes of the LORD’ conveys divine evaluation, with the noun einei {עֵינֵי | ʿêney} ‘eyes’ implying perception and judgment.
Root and etymology
Rootheh–yod–heh
“to be, exist”
In context — 2 Kings 15:3
And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD , just as all that Amaziah his father had done.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 15:3:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Kings 15:3, so the Hebrew word יְהוָ֑ה (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.15.3.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.15.3.W4.S1) and character.