Deuteronomy 20:18:12Deut.20.18.W12TAB
לַיהוָ֥ה
layehovah
“against the LORD”
- Transliteration
- la-ye-ho-VAH
- Extended
- lah-yeh-ho-VAH
- IPA
- /lajəhɔˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- against 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
- phraseyour reading level
la-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI-khem
- clause
va-kha-ta-TEM la-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI-khem
- sentence
le-MA-an a-SHER lo-ye-lam-DEU et-KHEM la-a-SOT ke-KHOL to-a-vo-TAM a-SHER a-SU le-e-lo-HEI-hem va-kha-ta-TEM la-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI-khem
Exegesis
The vav-consecutive vachatatem {וַחֲטָאתֶם | wa-ḥă-ṭā-tem} ‘and you have sinned’ indicates the ensuing consequence, culminating in ladonai elokeikhem {לַיהוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם | la-YHWH ’ĕ-lō-hê-khem} ‘against the LORD your God’, thereby underscoring the covenantal breach.
Root and etymology
ה־י־הheh–yod–heh
“to be, exist”
In context — Deuteronomy 20:18
This is so that they do not teach you to carry out all their abominations which they have done for their gods, and thus you will sin against the LORD your God .
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 20:18:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Deuteronomy 20:18, so the Hebrew word לַיהוָ֥ה (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.20.18.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.20.18.W12.S1) and character.