Deuteronomy 14:2:5Deut.14.2.W5TAB
לַיהוָ֖ה
layehovah
“to the LORD”
- Transliteration
- la-ye-ho-VAH
- Extended
- lah-yeh-ho-VAH
- IPA
- /la.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
KI AM ka-DOSH a-TA la-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha
- sentence
KI AM ka-DOSH a-TA la-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha u-ve-KHA ba-KHAR Ye-ho-VAH lih-YOT LO le-AM se-gu-LA mi-KOL ha-a-mi-MIM a-SHER al-pe-NEI ha-a-da-MA
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase la-YHWH ’ĕlōhêkā {לַיהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ | la-YHWH ’ĕ-lō-hê-kā} ‘to the LORD your God’ expresses a dative of possession.
Root and etymology
h-y-hheh-yod-heh
“to be, exist”
In context — Deuteronomy 14:2
For you are a holy people to the LORD your God , and the LORD has chosen you to be for Him a people, a treasured possession from all the peoples on the face of the earth.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 14:2:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Deuteronomy 14:2, so the Hebrew word לַיהוָ֖ה (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 Deut.14.2.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.14.2.W5.S1) and character.