Exodus 17:7:11Exod.17.7.W11TAB
אֶת־יְהוָה֙
etyehovah
“LORD”
- Transliteration
- et-ye-ho-VAH
- Extended
- eet-yeh-ho-VAAH
- IPA
- /ʔeːt.jəhoˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- LORD
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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
et-ye-ho-VAH
- phraseyour reading level
ve-AL na-so-TAM et-ye-ho-VAH
- clause
al-REEV be-NEI yis-ra-EL ve-AL na-so-TAM et-ye-ho-VAH le-MOR ha-YESH ye-ho-VAH be-kir-BE-nu im-A-yin
- sentence
va-yik-RA SHEM ha-ma-KOM ma-SA u-me-ri-VA al-REEV be-NEI yis-ra-EL ve-AL na-so-TAM et-ye-ho-VAH le-MOR ha-YESH ye-ho-VAH be-kir-BE-nu im-A-yin
Exegesis
The coordinate prepositional phrases al-riv benei yisrael {עַל־רִיב בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל | ʿal-rîḇ bənê yiśrāʾēl} and ve-al nesotam et-YHWH {וְעַ֨ל נַסֹּתָ֤ם אֶת־יְהוָה | wə-ʿal nəsōṯām ʾeṯ-Yə-hō-wāh} provide parallel causal reasons for the toponym.
Root and etymology
h-y-hheh–yod–heh
“to be, to exist”
In context — Exodus 17:7
He named the place Massah and Meribah because the people of Israel quarreled and tested the LORD , saying, “Is the LORD among us or not?”
About this coordinate
Exodus 17:7:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Exodus 17:7, so the Hebrew word אֶת־יְהוָה֙ (etyehovah) 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.17.7.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.17.7.W11.S1) and character.