2 Samuel 21:9:72 Sam.21.9.W7TAB
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
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
lif-NE ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-yit-NEM be-YAD ha-giv-o-NIM va-yo-ki-EM ba-HAR lif-NE ye-ho-VAH va-yip-LU she-va-tim she-vat-TAM YA-khad
- sentence
va-yit-NEM be-YAD ha-giv-o-NIM va-yo-ki-EM ba-HAR lif-NE ye-ho-VAH va-yip-LU she-va-tim she-vat-TAM YA-khad ve-hem ve-HE-ma hum-TE bi-ME ka-TSIR ba-ri-sho-NIM te-khe-let vit-he-khil-LAT ke-TSIR se-o-RIM
Exegesis
The relational expression lifnê YHWH {לִפְנֵי יְהוָה | li-pnê Yə-hō-wāh} ‘before the LORD’ introduces divine witness and accountability.
Root and etymology
h-y-hheh–yod–heh
“to be, to exist”
In context — 2 Samuel 21:9
And he handed them over to the Gibeonites, and they impaled them on the hill before the LORD , and all seven fell together; they were put to death in the days of harvest, at the beginning of the barley harvest .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 21:9:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Samuel 21:9, 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 Sam.21.9.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.21.9.W7.S1) and character.