Deuteronomy 15:21:12Deut.15.21.W12TAB
לַיהוָ֖ה
layehovah
“to the LORD”
- Transliteration
- la-ye-ho-VAH
- Extended
- lah-yeh-ho-VAH
- IPA
- /lajəhoˈvaː/
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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Word in context
- word
la-ye-ho-VAH
- clause
LO tiz-ba-KHE-nu la-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha
- sentence
ve-KHI-ye-hyeh BO MUM pis-SE-akh O i-VER KOL MUM RA LO tiz-ba-KHE-nu la-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha
Exegesis
The prohibition appears in the apodosis with lo tizbakhennu {לֹ֣א תִזְבָּחֶ֔נּוּ | lō tiz·bə·ḥén·nû} ‘you must not sacrifice it’, followed by la-YHWH {לַיהוָה | la·YHWH} ‘to the LORD’ and eloheikha {אֱלֹהֶיךָ | ’ĕ·lō·hê·kā} ‘your God’, framing the rule within the covenant relationship.
In context — Deuteronomy 15:21
But if there is in it a defect —lame or blind or any bad defect—you must not sacrifice it to the LORD your God .
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 15:21:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Deuteronomy 15:21, 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.15.21.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.15.21.W12.S1) and character.