2 Kings 23:7:62 Kgs.23.7.W6TAB
יְהוָ֑ה
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-VET ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-yit-TOTS et-ba-TE ha-ke-de-SHIM a-SHER be-VET ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-yit-TOTS et-ba-TE ha-ke-de-SHIM a-SHER be-VET ye-ho-VAH a-SHER ha-na-SHIM or-ge-OT SHAM ba-TIM la-a-she-RA
Exegesis
A relative clause introduced by asher1 {אֲשֶׁ֖ר | ʾă-šer} links this object to its locus, further specified by the prepositional phrase bebeit YHWH {בְּבֵית יְהוָה | bə-bêṯ yə-hō-wāh} ‘in the house of the LORD’.
Root and etymology
h-y-hheh–yod–heh
“to be, exist”
In context — 2 Kings 23:7
And he tore down the houses of the male shrine prostitutes that were in the house of the LORD , where women wove cloth for Asherah.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 23:7:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Kings 23:7, so the Hebrew word יְהוָ֑ה (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.23.7.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.23.7.W6.S1) and character.