Deuteronomy 18:7:3Deut.18.7.W3TAB
יְהוָ֣ה
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-HAV
- clause
ve-she-RET be-SHEM Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HAV
- sentence
ve-she-RET be-SHEM Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HAV ke-KHOL-e-KHAV hal-ve-YIM ha-om-DEEM SHAM lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase be-shem YHWH {בְּשֵׁ֖ם יְהוָ֣ה | bə-šêm Yə-hō-wāh} ‘in the name of the LORD’ conveys delegated authority through the term shem {שֵׁם | šēm} ‘name.’
The participle ha-omdim {הָעֹמְדִים | hā-ʿō-mĕ-dīm} ‘those standing’ underscores continuous presence, and the locative sham lifnei YHWH {שָׁ֖ם לִפְנֵ֥י יְהוָֽה | šām li-p̄nê Yə-hō-wāh} ‘there before the LORD’ highlights spatial proximity in worship.
Root and etymology
h-y-hheh–yod–heh
“to be, exist”
In context — Deuteronomy 18:7
And he shall minister in the name of the LORD his God, like all his brothers the Levites, who stand there before the LORD.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 18:7:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Deuteronomy 18:7, so the Hebrew word יְהוָ֣ה (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.18.7.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.18.7.W3.S1) and character.