2 Kings 23:21:72 Kgs.23.21.W7TAB
לַֽיהוָ֖ה
layehovah
“to the LORD”
- Transliteration
- la-ye-ho-VAH
- Extended
- lah-yeh-ho-VAH
- IPA
- /laː.jəhoˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the LORD
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| 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
la-ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-ye-TSAV ha-ME-lekh et-KOL-ha-AM le-MOR a-SU PE-sakh la-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-khem
- sentence
va-ye-TSAV ha-ME-lekh et-KOL-ha-AM le-MOR a-SU PE-sakh la-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-khem ka-ka-TUV AL SE-fer ha-be-RIT ha-ZE
Exegesis
The locative expression laYHWH Eloheichem {לַֽיהוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם | la-YHWH ʾĕ-lo-hē-khem} ‘to the LORD your God’ situates the rite in covenantal relationship.
Root and etymology
h-y-hheh–yod–heh
“to be, exist”
In context — 2 Kings 23:21
And the king commanded all the people, saying, “Observe the Passover to the LORD your God , as it is written in this Book of the Covenant.”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 23:21:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Kings 23:21, so the Hebrew word לַֽיהוָ֖ה (layehovah) 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.23.21.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.23.21.W7.S1) and character.