2 Kings 17:2:42 Kgs.17.2.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-RA be-e-NE ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-ya-AS ha-RA be-e-NE ye-ho-VAH RAK LO ke-mal-KHE yis-ra-EL a-SHER ha-YU le-fa-NAV
Exegesis
The object hara {הָרַע | hā-rāʿ} ‘evil’ is qualified by the evaluative phrase be’einei YHWH {בְּעֵינֵי יְהוָה | bə-ʿê-nê Yə-hō-wāh} ‘in the sight of the LORD’, foregrounding divine perspective.
Root and etymology
ה־ו־ה
“to be, exist”
In context — 2 Kings 17:2
And he did evil in the eyes of the LORD , but not like the kings of Israel who were before him .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 17:2:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Kings 17:2, 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.17.2.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.17.2.W4.S1) and character.