2 Kings 17:18:22 Kgs.17.18.W2TAB
יְהוָ֤ה
yehovah
“the LORD”
- Transliteration
- ye-ho-VAH
- Extended
- yeh-hoh-VAAH
- 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
va-yit-an-NAF ye-ho-VAH me-OD
- clause
va-yit-an-NAF ye-ho-VAH me-OD be-yis-ra-EL va-ye-si-REM me-AL pa-NAV
- sentence
va-yit-an-NAF ye-ho-VAH me-OD be-yis-ra-EL va-ye-si-REM me-AL pa-NAV LO nish-AR RAK SHE-vet ye-hu-DA le-vad-DO
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav-consecutive hitpael verb hitpael {וַיִּתְאַנַּף | way·yiṯ·ta·nap̄} ‘divine self-intensification’ signaling intensive anger, immediately followed by the subject YHWH {יְהוָה | Yəhōwāh} ‘covenantal name’.
Root and etymology
ה־ו־ה
“to be, exist”
In context — 2 Kings 17:18
And the LORD was very angry with Israel and removed them from before His face. Only the tribe of Judah was left by itself .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 17:18:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Kings 17:18, so the Hebrew word יְהוָ֤ה (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.17.18.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.17.18.W2.S1) and character.