Deuteronomy 16:1:6Deut.16.1.W6TAB
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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Word in context
- word
la-ye-ho-VAH
- clause
sha-MOR ET-KHO-desh ha-a-VIV ve-a-SI-ta PE-sakh la-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha
- sentence
sha-MOR ET-KHO-desh ha-a-VIV ve-a-SI-ta PE-sakh la-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha KI be-KHO-desh ha-a-VIV ho-tsi-a-KHA Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha mi-mits-RA-yim LAI-la
Exegesis
The vav-consecutive wə-ʿā-śî-ṯā {וְעָשִׂיתָ | wə-ʿā-śî-ṯā} ‘and you shall do’ governs pē-ṣāḥ {פֶּסַח | pē-ṣāḥ} ‘Passover’, directed lə-YHWH ʾĕ-lō-hê-ḵā {לַיהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ | lə-YHWH ʾĕ-lō-hê-ḵā}, tying action to divine agency.
Root and etymology
ה־ו־ה
“to be, exist”
In context — Deuteronomy 16:1
Keep watch over the month of Aviv and uphold the Passover to the LORD your God , because it was in Aviv, by night, that the LORD your God brought you out of Egypt.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 16:1:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Deuteronomy 16:1, 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.16.1.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.16.1.W6.S1) and character.