2 Kings 21:22:82 Kgs.21.22.W8TAB
יְהוָֽה׃
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-DE-rekh ye-ho-VAH
- clause
ve-LO ha-LAKH be-DE-rekh ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-ya-a-ZOV et-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI a-vo-TAV ve-LO ha-LAKH be-DE-rekh ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The direct object marker et {אֶת־ | ʾet} precedes the divine name YHWH {יְהוָה | Yəhōwāh} to mark its role.
The prepositional phrase bderekh YHWH {בְּדֶרֶךְ יְהוָה | bə-de-reḵ Yəhōwāh} ‘in the way of the LORD’ functions idiomatically to denote faithful obedience to divine instruction.
Root and etymology
ה־י־ה
“to exist”
In context — 2 Kings 21:22
And he forsook the LORD God of his fathers , and did not walk in the way of the LORD.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 21:22:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Kings 21:22, 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.21.22.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.21.22.W8.S1) and character.