Exodus 13:15:17Exod.13.15.W17TAB
לַֽיהוָ֗ה
layehovah
“to the LORD”
- Transliteration
- la-ye-ho-VAH
- Extended
- lah-yeh-ho-VAH
- IPA
- /la.jəhoˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to 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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The word
Word in context
- word
la-ye-ho-VAH
- clause
al-KEN a-NI zo-VE-akh la-ye-ho-VAH kol-PE-ter RE-khem haz-ze-kha-RIM ve-kol-be-KHOR ba-NAI ef-DE
- sentence
va-ye-HI ki-hik-SHAA par-O le-shal-le-KHE-nu va-ya-ha-ROG Ye-ho-VAH kol-be-KHOR be-E-rets mits-RA-yim mib-be-KHOR a-DAM ve-ad-be-KHOR be-he-MA al-KEN a-NI zo-VE-akh la-ye-ho-VAH kol-PE-ter RE-khem haz-ze-kha-RIM ve-kol-be-KHOR ba-NAI ef-DE
Exegesis
The result marker alken {עַל־כֵּן | ’al-kên} introduces the cultic response in zoveaḥ layhwh {זֹבֵחַ לַיהוָה | zō-ḇē-aḥ la-yə-hō-wāh} ‘I sacrifice to the LORD’, which contrasts with ve’efdeh {וְכָל־בְּכֹר בָּנַי אֶפְדֶה | wə-kol bə-ḵôr ba-nā-y ’ĕf-deh} ‘and I redeem every firstborn of my sons’, underscoring the tension between sacrifice and redemption.
Root and etymology
h-y-hheh–yod–heh
“to be”
In context — Exodus 13:15
And it came to pass, when Pharaoh was stubborn about sending us away, that the LORD killed every firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man and the firstborn of animals. Therefore I sacrifice to the LORD every male that opens the womb, but I redeem every firstborn of my sons.
About this coordinate
Exodus 13:15:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Exodus 13:15, so the Hebrew word לַֽיהוָ֗ה (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 Exod.13.15.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.13.15.W17.S1) and character.