Deuteronomy 23:3:5Deut.23.3.W5TABWLC Deuteronomy 23:4

יְהוָה

yehovah

of the LORD

Transliteration
Ye-ho-VAH
Extended
Yeh-ho-VAH
IPA
/jəhoˈvaː/

Meaning by language

English
of the LORD

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Result
יְ + ה + וָה
ye + ho + vah
yehovah

Alphabet Analysis

Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    Ye-ho-VAH

  2. sentence

    lo-ya-VO am-mo-NEE u-mo-a-VE bik-KHAL Ye-ho-VAH GAM DOR a-si-REE lo-ya-VO la-HEM bik-KHAL Ye-ho-VAH ad-o-LAM

Exegesis

The gentilic nouns Ammoni {עַמּוֹנִי | ʿammônî} ‘Ammonite’ and uMoavi {וּמוֹאָבִי | ū-môʾāvî} ‘and Moabite’ function as objects governed by the prepositional phrase biqhal YHWH {בִּקְּהַל יְהוָה | biqqāhal Yəhōwāh} ‘in the assembly of the LORD’.

Root and etymology

h-w-hheh–waw–heh

to be, exist

In contextDeuteronomy 23:3

No Ammonite or Moabite may enter the assembly of the LORD ; even to the tenth generation none of them may ever enter the assembly of the LORD.

About this coordinate

Deuteronomy 23:3:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Deuteronomy 23:3, so the Hebrew word יְהוָה (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.23.3.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.23.3.W5.S1) and character.