2 Kings 20:8:132 Kgs.20.8.W13TAB

יְהוָֽה׃

yehovah

the LORD

Transliteration
ye-ho-VAH
Extended
yeh-hoh-VAH
IPA
/jəhoˈvaː/

Meaning by language

English
the LORD

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Result
יְ + ה + וָֽה׃
ye + ho + vah
yehovah

Alphabet Analysis

Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ye-ho-VAH

  2. phraseyour reading level

    BET ye-ho-VAH

  3. clause

    ve-a-LI-ti ba-YOM ha-she-li-SHI BET ye-ho-VAH

  4. sentence

    va-YO-mer khiz-ki-YA-hu el-ye-sha-YA-hu MA OT ki-yir-PA ye-ho-VAH LI ve-a-LI-ti ba-YOM ha-she-li-SHI BET ye-ho-VAH

Exegesis

The interrogative clause māh ʾôt kî {מָה אוֹת כִּי | māh ʾôt kî} ‘what sign that’ leads into the subordinate kî-yirpāʾ YHWH lî {כִּי־יִרְפָּא יְהוָה לִי | kî-yirpāʾ Yə-hō-wāh lî} ‘that the LORD will heal me,’ where kî ‘that’ introduces two coordinated result clauses and the suffix lî ‘to me’ marks the beneficiary.

The coordinated clause wə-ʿālîtî bayyôm haš-šəlîšî bêt YHWH {וְעָלִיתִי בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁלִישִׁי בֵּית יְהוָה | wə-ʿālîtî bə-yōm haš-šəlîšî bêt Yə-hō-wāh} ‘and I will go up on the third day to the house of the LORD’ combines the temporal phrase bayyôm haš-šəlîšî ‘on the third day’ with the construct chain bêt YHWH ‘house of the LORD,’ underscoring the anticipated outcome of worship contingent on healing.

Root and etymology

H-Y-H

to be, exist

In context2 Kings 20:8

And Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “What sign will show that the LORD will heal me and that I will go up to the house of the LORD on the third day?”

About this coordinate

2 Kings 20:8:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 2 Kings 20:8, so the Hebrew word יְהוָֽה׃ (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.20.8.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.20.8.W13.S1) and character.