Exodus 20:3:2Exod.20.3.W2TAB
יִהְיֶֽה־לְךָ֛֩
yihyehlekha
“there shall be for you”
- Transliteration
- yih-YEH-le-KHA
- Extended
- yih-YEH-le-KHAA
- IPA
- /jihˈjɛ.ləˈxaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- there shall be for you
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
yih-YEH-le-KHA
- phraseyour reading level
LO yih-YEH-le-KHA
- sentence
LO yih-YEH-le-KHA e-lo-HIM a-khe-RIM al-pa-NAI
Exegesis
The verse opens with the negative particle lo {לֹֽ֣א | lōʾ} ‘not’ followed by the Qal imperfect yihyeh {יִהְיֶֽה | yih-yéh} and the dative suffix lekha {לְךָ֛֩ | lə-ḵā}, forming the Hebrew idiom ‘shall be to you’ which is rendered by the verb “have.”
Root and etymology
h-y-hheh–yod–heh
“to be, exist”
In context — Exodus 20:3
You shall not have other gods before Me .
About this coordinate
Exodus 20:3:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Exodus 20:3, so the Hebrew word יִהְיֶֽה־לְךָ֛֩ (yihyehlekha) 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.20.3.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.20.3.W2.S1) and character.