2 Kings 23:4:122 Kgs.23.4.W12TAB

יְהוָ֔ה

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

Result
יְ + ה + וָ֔ה
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

    me-he-KHAL ye-ho-VAH

  3. clause

    va-yetsav ha-ME-lekh et-khil-ki-YA-hu ha-ko-HEN ha-ga-DOL ve-et-ko-ha-NE ha-mish-NE ve-et-sho-me-RE ha-SAF le-ho-TSI me-he-KHAL ye-ho-VAH ET kol-ha-ke-LIM ha-a-su-YIM la-BA-al ve-la-a-she-RA u-le-KHOL tse-VA ha-sha-MA-yim

  4. sentence

    va-yetsav ha-ME-lekh et-khil-ki-YA-hu ha-ko-HEN ha-ga-DOL ve-et-ko-ha-NE ha-mish-NE ve-et-sho-me-RE ha-SAF le-ho-TSI me-he-KHAL ye-ho-VAH ET kol-ha-ke-LIM ha-a-su-YIM la-BA-al ve-la-a-she-RA u-le-KHOL tse-VA ha-sha-MA-yim va-yis-re-FEM mi-KHUTS li-ru-sha-LA-yim be-shad-MOT kid-RON ve-na-SA et-a-fa-RAM bet-EL

Exegesis

The construct phrase meheikhal yehovah {מֵהֵיכַל יְהוָ֔ה | mêt-hê-yi-kal Yə-hō-wāh} ‘from the temple of the LORD’ localizes the action. The phrase kol hakelim haasuyim laBa‘al velaasherah ulechol tseva hashamayim outlines the idols’ purpose.

Root and etymology

h-y-hheh–yod–heh

to be, exist

In context2 Kings 23:4

And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the doorkeepers to bring out from the temple of the LORD all the vessels that had been made for Baal and for the Asherah and for the host of the heavens. And he burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron and carried their ashes to Bethel.

About this coordinate

2 Kings 23:4:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 2 Kings 23:4, so the Hebrew word יְהוָ֔ה (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.23.4.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.23.4.W12.S1) and character.