Exodus 18:8:7Exod.18.8.W7TAB
יְהוָה֙
yehovah
“LORD”
- Transliteration
- Ye-ho-VAH
- Extended
- Yeh-ho-VAH
- IPA
- /jəhoˈvaː/
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
- phraseyour reading level
ET kol-a-SHER a-SA Ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-ye-sa-PER mo-SHEH le-khot-NO ET kol-a-SHER a-SA Ye-ho-VAH le-par-O oo-le-mits-RA-yim al o-DOT yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-ye-sa-PER mo-SHEH le-khot-NO ET kol-a-SHER a-SA Ye-ho-VAH le-par-O oo-le-mits-RA-yim al o-DOT yis-ra-EL ET kol-hat-te-la-AH a-SHER me-tsa-a-TAM ba-DE-rekh va-yats-tsi-LEM Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The marker et {אֵת | ʾēt} introduces the first object clause kol-asher asah YHWH {כָּל־אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה יְהוָה | kāl-ʾă-šer ʿā-śāh Yə-hō-wāh} ‘all that the LORD did’, with the relative asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾă-šer} tying back to kol {כָּל | kāl} for cohesion.
The verse concludes with the wayyiqtol vayatsilem YHWH {וַיַּצִּלֵם יְהוָה | way-yaṣ-ṣî-lēm Yə-hō-wāh} ‘and the LORD delivered them’, with the delayed divine name creating climactic emphasis on rescue.
Root and etymology
Rootheh–yod–heh
“to be, to exist”
In context — Exodus 18:8
And Moses recounted to his father-in-law all that the LORD had done to Pharaoh and to Egypt on account of Israel, all the hardship that had met them on the way, and how the LORD delivered them.
About this coordinate
Exodus 18:8:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Exodus 18:8, 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.18.8.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.18.8.W7.S1) and character.