Exodus 16:15:19Exod.16.15.W19TAB

יְהוָ֛ה

yehovah

LORD

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

Meaning by language

English
LORD

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Result
יְ + ה + וָ֛ה
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-SHER na-TAN Ye-ho-VAH

  3. clause

    va-YO-mer mo-SHE a-le-HEM HU ha-LE-khem a-SHER na-TAN Ye-ho-VAH la-KHEM le-okh-LA

  4. sentence

    va-yir-U ve-NEI-yis-ra-EL va-yom-RU ISH el-a-KHIV MAN HU KI LO yad-U mah-HU va-YO-mer mo-SHE a-le-HEM HU ha-LE-khem a-SHER na-TAN Ye-ho-VAH la-KHEM le-okh-LA

Exegesis

The relative clause asher natan YHWH {אֲשֶׁר נָתַן יְהוָה | ʾă-šer nā-ṯan Yə-hō-wāh} attributes the bread to divine action.

Root and etymology

h-y-hHeh–Yod–Heh

to be, to exist

In contextExodus 16:15

When the sons of Israel saw it, they said each man to his brother, "What is it?" because they did not know what it was. And Moses said to them, "It is the bread which the LORD has given you to eat ."

About this coordinate

Exodus 16:15:19 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 19 of Exodus 16:15, so the Hebrew word יְהוָ֛ה (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.16.15.W19, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.16.15.W19.S1) and character.