Deuteronomy 20:16:6Deut.20.16.W6TAB
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-HEI-kha
- clause
RAK me-a-REI ha-a-MIM ha-EI-le a-SHER Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI-kha no-TEN le-KHA na-kha-LA
- sentence
RAK me-a-REI ha-a-MIM ha-EI-le a-SHER Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI-kha no-TEN le-KHA na-kha-LA LO te-khai-YE kol-ne-sha-MA
Exegesis
Within this clause the Qal participle nōṯēn {נוֹתֵן | nōṯēn} ‘gives,’ with the dative lᵉkhā {לְךָ | lᵉkhā} ‘to you,’ expresses ongoing divine action by YHWH {יְהוָה | Yəhōwāh}, and naḥālā {נַחֲלָה | naḥālā} ‘inheritance’ situates it in a covenantal-legal context.
Root and etymology
ה־י־הheh–yod–heh
“to be, exist”
In context — Deuteronomy 20:16
But in the cities of these peoples that the LORD your God gives you as an inheritance , you shall not let live any breathing thing.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 20:16:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Deuteronomy 20:16, 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.20.16.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.20.16.W6.S1) and character.