2 Kings 20:11:42 Kgs.20.11.W4TAB
אֶל־יְהוָ֑ה
elyehovah
“to the LORD”
- Transliteration
- el-ye-ho-VAH
- Extended
- ehl-yeh-ho-VAH
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.jəhoˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to 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 | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
el-ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-yik-RA ye-sha-ya-HU ha-na-VI el-ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-yik-RA ye-sha-ya-HU ha-na-VI el-ye-ho-VAH va-ya-SHEV et-ha-TSEL ba-ma-a-LOT a-SHER yar-DA be-ma-a-LOT a-KHAZ a-kho-ra-NIT E-ser ma-a-LOT
Exegesis
The noun phrase yəša‘yāhû hannābîʾ {יְשַׁעְיָהוּ הַנָּבִיא | yəša‘yāhū hannābîʾ} ‘Isaiah the prophet’ serves as subject, followed by the prepositional goal ʾel YHWH {אֶל־יְהוָה | ʾel Yə-hō-wāh}.
Root and etymology
H-Y-H
“to be, exist”
In context — 2 Kings 20:11
And Isaiah the prophet called out to the LORD , and He restored the shadow on the steps of Ahaz’s stairway, bringing it back by ten steps—the steps by which it had descended.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 20:11:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Kings 20:11, so the Hebrew word אֶל־יְהוָ֑ה (elyehovah) 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.20.11.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.20.11.W4.S1) and character.