2 Kings 20:2:52 Kgs.20.2.W5TAB
אֶל־יְהוָ֖ה
elyehovah
“to the LORD”
- Transliteration
- el-ye-ho-VAH
- Extended
- ehl-yeh-hoh-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-yit-pa-LEL el-ye-ho-VAH le-MOR
- sentence
va-ya-SEV et-pa-NA-v el-ha-KIR va-yit-pa-LEL el-ye-ho-VAH le-MOR
Exegesis
Direction is expressed by ʾel {אֶל־ | ʾel} before hakir {הַקִּ֑יר | hakkîr} ‘the wall’ and again before YHWH {יְהוָ֖ה | Yəhōwāh} to mark the recipient of the prayer.
Root and etymology
H-Y-H
“to be, exist”
In context — 2 Kings 20:2
Then he turned his face toward the wall and offered a prayer to the LORD , saying .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 20:2:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Kings 20:2, so the Hebrew word אֶל־יְהוָ֖ה (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.20.2.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.20.2.W5.S1) and character.