Exodus 13:9:11Exod.13.9.W11TAB

יְהוָ֖ה

yehovah

LORD

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

Meaning by language

English
LORD

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Result
יְ + ה + וָ֖ה
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

    to-RAT Ye-ho-VAH

  3. clause

    ve-ha-YA le-KHA le-OT al-YAD-kha oo-le-zik-ka-RON BEIN ei-NE-kha le-MA-an tih-YE to-RAT Ye-ho-VAH be-FI-kha

  4. sentence

    ve-ha-YA le-KHA le-OT al-YAD-kha oo-le-zik-ka-RON BEIN ei-NE-kha le-MA-an tih-YE to-RAT Ye-ho-VAH be-FI-kha KI be-YAD kha-za-KA ho-tsi-a-KHA Ye-ho-VAH mi-mits-RA-yim

Exegesis

The purpose clause le-maan tihyeh torat YHWH be-fikha {לְמַעַן תִּהְיֶה תּוֹרַת יְהוָה בְּפִיךָ | lə-ma-ʿan ṯi-hyēh tō-rat yə-hō-wāh bə-phi-khā} places the law in the mouth.

The conjunction ki introduces the causal clause with be-yad chazaqah {בְּיָד חֲזָקָה | bə-yā-ḏ ḥa-za-qā(h)} “with a strong hand,” leading to the Hiphil perfect hotsiakhah YHWH {הוֹצִיאַךָ יְהֹוָה | hô-ṣī-ʾā-ḵā yə-hō-wāh} “he brought you out, the LORD.” The parallelism of sign–purpose and reason clauses underscores the connection between divine instruction and liberation.

Root and etymology

h-y-hheh–yod–heh

to be

In contextExodus 13:9

And it shall be for you as a sign upon your hand and as a memorial between your eyes, so that the law of the LORD may be in your mouth ; for the LORD brought you out of Egypt with a strong hand.

About this coordinate

Exodus 13:9:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Exodus 13:9, so the Hebrew word יְהוָ֖ה (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.13.9.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.13.9.W11.S1) and character.