Deuteronomy 18:5:4Deut.18.5.W4TAB
יְהוָ֥ה
yehovah
“LORD”
- Transliteration
- Ye-ho-VAH
- Extended
- Yeh-ho-VAH
- IPA
- /jəhoˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- LORD
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
Ye-ho-VAH
- phraseyour reading level
Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha
- clause
KI BO ba-KHAR Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha mi-KOL-she-va-TE-kha
- sentence
KI BO ba-KHAR Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha mi-KOL-she-va-TE-kha la-a-MOD le-sha-RET be-SHEM-Ye-ho-VAH HU u-va-NAV kol-ha-ya-MIM
Exegesis
The prepositional pronoun vo {בּוֹ | bô} ‘in him’ introduces the recipient of the action of bachar {בָּחַר | bā-ḥar} ‘he chose,’ where YHWH Eloheikha {יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ | Yə-hō-wāh ʾĕ-lō-hê-kha} functions as the selecting subject.
Root and etymology
h-y-hheh–yod–heh
“to be, exist”
In context — Deuteronomy 18:5
For the LORD your God has chosen him out of all your tribes to stand and to minister in the name of the LORD, he and his sons all the days.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 18:5:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Deuteronomy 18:5, so the Hebrew word יְהוָ֥ה (yehovah) 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.18.5.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.18.5.W4.S1) and character.