Deuteronomy 15:2:16Deut.15.2.W16TAB
לַֽיהוָֽה׃
layehovah
“for the LORD”
- Transliteration
- la-ye-ho-VAH
- Extended
- lah-yeh-ho-VAH
- IPA
- /la.jəhoˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- for 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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Word in context
- word
la-ye-ho-VAH
- clause
lo-yig-GOS et-re-EH-hu ve-et-a-KHIV ki-ka-RA shmee-TAH la-ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
ve-ZEH de-VAR hash-mee-TAH sha-MOT kol-BA-al ma-SHEH ya-DO a-SHER ya-SHEH be-re-EH-hu lo-yig-GOS et-re-EH-hu ve-et-a-KHIV ki-ka-RA shmee-TAH la-ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
Finally, the causal clause kî qārāʾ shemittah la-YHWH {כִּי־קָרָא שְׁמִטָּה לַיהוָה | kî qārāʾ še-miṭṭāh la-YHWH} ‘because a release has been proclaimed for the LORD’ grounds the entire rule in divine decree, a structure preserved in the English by maintaining Hebrew clause order and adding an em-dash for the neighbor-brother clarification.
In context — Deuteronomy 15:2
And this is the matter of the release: Every creditor shall release what he has lent to his neighbor; he shall not exact it from his neighbor—his brother—because a release has been proclaimed for the LORD .
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 15:2:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Deuteronomy 15:2, so the Hebrew word לַֽיהוָֽה׃ (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.15.2.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.15.2.W16.S1) and character.