Exodus 19:21:2Exod.19.21.W2TAB
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
va-yo-MER Ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-yo-MER Ye-ho-VAH el-mo-SHE RED ha-ED ba-AM
- sentence
va-yo-MER Ye-ho-VAH el-mo-SHE RED ha-ED ba-AM pen-ye-her-SU el-ye-ho-VAH lir-OT ve-na-FAL mih-me-NU RAV
Exegesis
The subject YHWH {יְהוָה | Yə-hō-wāh} appears with el-Mosheh {אֶל־מֹשֶׁה | ʾel-mō-šeh} ‘to Moses’, designating Moses as mediator.
Root and etymology
h-y-hheh–yod–heh
“to be, to exist”
In context — Exodus 19:21
And the LORD said to Moses, “Go down and warn the people so they do not break through to the LORD to see, and many of them perish.”
About this coordinate
Exodus 19:21:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Exodus 19:21, 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.19.21.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.19.21.W2.S1) and character.