Exodus 19:8:7Exod.19.8.W7TAB
יְהוָ֖ה
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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Word in context
- word
Ye-ho-VAH
- phraseyour reading level
a-sher-dih-BEHR Ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-ya-a-NU khol-ha-AM yakh-DAV va-yom-RU KOL a-sher-dih-BEHR Ye-ho-VAH na-a-SEH
- sentence
va-ya-a-NU khol-ha-AM yakh-DAV va-yom-RU KOL a-sher-dih-BEHR Ye-ho-VAH na-a-SEH va-ya-SHEV mo-SHEH et-div-REE ha-AM el-ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
Within the quotation, the relative clause kol asher diber YHWH {כֹּל אֲשֶׁר־דִּבֶּר יְהוָה} “everything that the LORD has spoken” features the Piel perfect dibber {דִּבֶּר | dib-bēr} “he spoke” with an implied divine subject.
Root and etymology
h-y-hheh–yod–heh
“to be, to exist”
In context — Exodus 19:8
All the people answered as one and said, “Everything that the LORD has spoken, we will do.” And Moses brought the people’s words back to the LORD.
About this coordinate
Exodus 19:8:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Exodus 19:8, so the Hebrew word יְהוָ֖ה (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.19.8.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.19.8.W7.S1) and character.