Exodus 19:24:13Exod.19.24.W13TAB

אֶל־יְהוָ֖ה

elyehovah

to the LORD

Transliteration
el-ye-ho-VAH
Extended
ehl-yeh-ho-VAH
IPA
/ʔɛl.jə.ho.ˈvaː/

Meaning by language

English
to the LORD

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
אֶל + יְ + ה + וָ֖ה
el + ye + ho + vah
elyehovah

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Lamedl as in law
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

    el-ye-ho-VAH

  2. phraseyour reading level

    la-a-LOT el-ye-ho-VAH

  3. clause

    ve-ha-koh-ha-NEEM ve-ha-AM ahl-yeh-hehr-SOO la-a-LOT el-ye-ho-VAH pehn-yif-rots-BAAM

  4. sentence

    va-YO-mer eh-LAV ye-ho-VAH lekh-RED ve-a-li-TA a-TA ve-a-ha-RON im-MAAKH ve-ha-koh-ha-NEEM ve-ha-AM ahl-yeh-hehr-SOO la-a-LOT el-ye-ho-VAH pehn-yif-rots-BAAM

Exegesis

The prohibition clause uses al {אַל־ | ʾal} ‘do not’ with the imperfect yehersû {יֽ͏ֶהֶרְס֛וּ | yehersû} ‘let them break through’, governing the infinitive laalot {לַעֲלֹ֥ת | laʿălōt} ‘to go up’ and the goal phrase el-YHWH {אֶל־יְהוָ֖ה | ʾel Yə-hō-wāh} ‘to the LORD’.

Root and etymology

h-y-hheh–yod–heh

to be, to exist

In contextExodus 19:24

And the LORD said to him, “Go down. Afterward you shall come up, you and Aaron with you. But the priests and the people must not break through to go up to the LORD, lest He break out against them.”

About this coordinate

Exodus 19:24:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Exodus 19:24, so the Hebrew word אֶל־יְהוָ֖ה (elyehovah) 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.19.24.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.19.24.W13.S1) and character.