Deuteronomy 14:23:20Deut.14.23.W20TAB
אֶת־יְהוָ֥ה
etyehovah
“the LORD”
- Transliteration
- et-Ye-ho-VAH
- Extended
- EET-Yeh-ho-VAH
- IPA
- /ləjirˈʔaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the LORD
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
et-Ye-ho-VAH
- phraseyour reading level
et-Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha
- clause
le-ma-AN til-MAD le-yir-AH et-Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha kol-ha-ya-MIM
- sentence
ve-a-KHAL-ta lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha ba-ma-KOM a-SHER-yiv-KHAR le-sha-KEN she-MO SHAM ma-a-SAR de-gan-KHA ti-rosh-KHA ve-yits-ha-RE-kha uv-kho-ROT be-kar-KHA ve-tso-NE-kha le-ma-AN til-MAD le-yir-AH et-Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha kol-ha-ya-MIM
Exegesis
The purpose clause lema’an tilmad leyirah et-yə-hō-wāh ʾĕ-lō-hê-kā {לְמַעַן תִּלְמַד לְיִרְאָה אֶת־יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ | lə-ma-ʿan ṯil-mad lə-yir-ʾā ʾet-yə-hō-wāh ʾĕ-lō-hê-kā} ‘so that you may learn to fear the LORD your God’ employs an infinitive complement to a modal imperfect with the direct-object marker ’et heightening the didactic focus. The English SVO structure preserves the Hebrew’s sequence of obligation, worship locus, offering list, and instructional purpose.
Root and etymology
h-y-hheh-yod-heh
“to be, exist”
In context — Deuteronomy 14:23
And you shall eat before the LORD your God in the place that He will choose to cause His name to dwell there, the tithe of your grain, your new wine and your oil and the firstborn of your herd and your flock, so that you may learn to revere the LORD your God all the days.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 14:23:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of Deuteronomy 14:23, so the Hebrew word אֶת־יְהוָ֥ה (etyehovah) 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.14.23.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.14.23.W20.S1) and character.