יְהוָ֜ה

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 יְהוָ֜ה

   ye-ho-VAH

   the LORD
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיֹּצֵ֣א אֶת־הָאֲשֵׁרָה֩ מִבֵּ֨ית יְהוָ֜ה

   va-yo-TSE et-ha-a-she-RA mi-BET ye-ho-VAH

   and he brought out the Asherah from the house of the LORD
3. clause🔊 וַיֹּצֵ֣א אֶת־הָאֲשֵׁרָה֩ מִבֵּ֨ית יְהוָ֜ה מִח֤וּץ לִירוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ אֶל־נַ֣חַל קִדְר֔וֹן וַיִּשְׂרֹ֥ף אֹתָ֛הּ בְּנַ֥חַל קִדְר֖וֹן וַיָּ֣דֶק לְעָפָ֑ר

   va-yo-TSE et-ha-a-she-RA mi-BET ye-ho-VAH mi-KHUTS li-ru-sha-LA-yim el-NA-khal kid-RON va-yis-ROF o-TA be-NA-khal kid-RON va-ya-DEK le-a-FAR

   and he brought out the Asherah from the house of the LORD from outside to Jerusalem to the wadi or stream of Kidron and he burned it at the wadi or stream of Kidron and he crushed to dust
4. sentence🔊 וַיֹּצֵ֣א אֶת־הָאֲשֵׁרָה֩ מִבֵּ֨ית יְהוָ֜ה מִח֤וּץ לִירוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ אֶל־נַ֣חַל קִדְר֔וֹן וַיִּשְׂרֹ֥ף אֹתָ֛הּ בְּנַ֥חַל קִדְר֖וֹן וַיָּ֣דֶק לְעָפָ֑ר וַיַּשְׁלֵךְ֙ אֶת־עֲפָרָ֔הּ עַל־קֶ֖בֶר בְּנֵ֥י הָעָֽם׃

   va-yo-TSE et-ha-a-she-RA mi-BET ye-ho-VAH mi-KHUTS li-ru-sha-LA-yim el-NA-khal kid-RON va-yis-ROF o-TA be-NA-khal kid-RON va-ya-DEK le-a-FAR va-yash-LEKH et-a-fa-RA al-KE-ver be-NE ha-AM

   and he brought out the Asherah from the house of the LORD from outside to Jerusalem to the wadi or stream of Kidron and he burned it at the wadi or stream of Kidron and he crushed to dust and he threw its dust upon the grave of the sons of the people

Exegesis

Spatial motion is marked by the construct chain mibbêyt Yəhōwāh {מִבֵּית יְהוָה | mibbêyt Yəhōwāh} ‘from the house of the LORD’, mî-ḥûṣ li-yə-rû-šā-layim {מִחוּץ לִירוּשָׁלִַם | mî-ḥûṣ lî-yə-rû-šā-layim} ‘from outside Jerusalem’, and ʾel-naḥal Qidrōn {אֶל־נַחַל קִדְר֔וֹן | ʾel-na-ḥal Qidrōn} ‘to the Kidron Valley’. The repetition of naḥal Qidrōn underscores the specified execution site.

Root and etymology

h-y-h🔊 ה־י־הheh–yod–heh

“to be, exist”

• 🔊 אֶהְיֶהehyehI AMExodus 3:14