Exodus 13:8:9Exod.13.8.W9TAB

יְהוָה֙

yehovah

LORD

Transliteration
Ye-ho-VAH
Extended
Yeh-ho-VAH
IPA
/jə.ho.ˈvaː/

Meaning by language

English
LORD

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Result
יְ + ה + וָה֙
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. phraseyour reading level

    a-SA Ye-ho-VAH

  3. clause

    ba-a-VUR ZE a-SA Ye-ho-VAH LI be-tseh-TI mi-mits-RA-yim

  4. sentence

    ve-hig-gad-TA le-vin-KHA bay-YOM ha-HU leh-MOR ba-a-VUR ZE a-SA Ye-ho-VAH LI be-tseh-TI mi-mits-RA-yim

Exegesis

The causal clause baavur zeh asah YHWH li {בַּעֲב֣וּר זֶה עָשָׂה יְהוָה לִי | ba-ʿă-vūr zeh ʿā-sāh Yə-hō-wāh lī} uses baavur ‘on account of’ with zeh as the explicative pronoun, while the infinitive betseti mimmitsrayim {בְּצֵאתִי מִמִּצְרָיִם | bə-ṣē-ʾ-ṭî mim-miṣ-rā-yim} provides temporal-historical grounding. This sequence highlights the covenant command supported by the foundational event of the Exodus.

Root and etymology

h-y-hheh–yod–heh

to be

In contextExodus 13:8

And you shall tell your son on that day, saying, “This is because of what the LORD did for me when I went out from Egypt .”

About this coordinate

Exodus 13:8:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Exodus 13:8, so the Hebrew word יְהוָה֙ (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 Exod.13.8.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.13.8.W9.S1) and character.