Exodus 15:3:1Exod.15.3.W1TAB
יְהוָ֖ה
yehovah
“LORD”
- Transliteration
- Ye-ho-VAH
- Extended
- Yeh-ho-VAH
- IPA
- /jə.ho.ˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- LORD
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
Ye-ho-VAH
- clause
Ye-ho-VAH EESH mil-kha-MA
- sentence
Ye-ho-VAH EESH mil-kha-MA Ye-ho-VAH she-MO
Exegesis
The verse opens with YHWH {יְהוָה | Yə-hō-wāh} ‘LORD’ in the absolute for emphasis.
The repetition of YHWH {יְהוָה | Yə-hō-wāh} followed by the pronominal suffix in shemo {שְׁמֽוֹ | še-mō} ‘his name’ reinforces divine identity through parallelism. Hebrew asyndeton omits the definite article to heighten poetic force. The formal translation preserves the genitive nuance of the compound, while the dynamic rendering uses idiomatic phrasing to convey vivid battle imagery.
Root and etymology
consonantsheh–yod–heh
“to be, exist”
In context — Exodus 15:3
The LORD is a man-of-war ; the LORD is His name.
About this coordinate
Exodus 15:3:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Exodus 15:3, 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.15.3.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.15.3.W1.S1) and character.