Deuteronomy 20:14:17Deut.20.14.W17TAB
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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Word in context
- word
Ye-ho-VAH
- phraseyour reading level
Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha
- clause
ve-a-KHAL-ta et-shlal oi-ve-KHA a-SHER na-TAN Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha LAKH
- sentence
RAK ha-na-SHIM ve-ha-TAF ve-ha-be-HE-ma ve-KOL a-SHER yih-YE va-IR kol-shla-LAH ta-VOZ LAKH ve-a-KHAL-ta et-shlal oi-ve-KHA a-SHER na-TAN Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha LAKH
Exegesis
A subsequent relative asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾă-šer} ‘that/which’ leads to natan {נָתַן | nā-tan} ‘has given’, attributing the action to YHWH elohekha {יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ | Yə-hō-wāh ʾĕ-lō-hê-ḵā}, and the closing suffix lakh {לָךְ | lakh} ‘to you’ marks the recipient. The Hebrew parataxis and repeated vav-chains inform the formal semicolon structure, while the dynamic version opts for a streamlined English list.
Root and etymology
h-y-hheh–yod–heh
“to be, exist”
In context — Deuteronomy 20:14
Only the women, the little ones, the livestock, and all that is within the city—all its spoil—you shall plunder for yourself; and you shall eat the spoil of your enemies that the LORD your God has given you.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 20:14:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Deuteronomy 20:14, 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.20.14.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.20.14.W17.S1) and character.