2 Kings 17:28:142 Kgs.17.28.W14TAB
אֶת־יְהוָֽה׃
etyehovah
“the LORD”
- Transliteration
- et-Ye-ho-VAH
- Extended
- eht-Yeh-ho-VAH
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.jəhoˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the LORD
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
et-Ye-ho-VAH
- phraseyour reading level
yi-re-U et-Ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-ye-HI mo-RE o-TAM EKH yi-re-U et-Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-ya-VO e-KHAD me-ha-ko-ha-NIM a-SHER hig-LU mish-sho-me-RON va-ye-SHEV be-VEIT-EL va-ye-HI mo-RE o-TAM EKH yi-re-U et-Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The object marker et {אֶת־ | ʾeṯ} precedes YHWH {יְהוָה | Yᵊ-hô-wāh}, in keeping with the marking of definite direct objects. English renderings employ connectors (“Then,” “and,” “So”) and relative clauses to reflect this Hebrew narrative structure.
Root and etymology
ה־ו־ה
“to be, exist”
In context — 2 Kings 17:28
Then one of the priests who had been exiled from Samaria came and settled in Bethel, and he became their teacher, instructing them how they should fear the LORD .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 17:28:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 2 Kings 17:28, so the Hebrew word אֶת־יְהוָֽה׃ (etyehovah) 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.17.28.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.17.28.W14.S1) and character.