Exodus 20:6:4Exod.20.6.W4TAB
לְאֹהֲבַ֖י
leohavai
“to those who love me”
- Transliteration
- le-o-ha-VAI
- Extended
- leh-oh-hah-VAI
- IPA
- /lə.ʔoː.hă.ˈvaj/
Meaning by language
- English
- to those who love me
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
le-o-ha-VAI
- clause
le-o-ha-VAI u-le-shom-REI mits-vo-TAI
- sentence
ve-o-SE KHE-sed la-a-la-FIM le-o-ha-VAI u-le-shom-REI mits-vo-TAI
Exegesis
The parallel participial clauses le’ohavai {לְאֹהֲבַ֖י | lə-’ō-ha-vay} and u-leshomrei mitsvotai {וּלְשֹׁמְרֵ֥י מִצְוֺתָֽי | ū-lə-šōm-rê miṣ-wō-ṯāy} form synthetic parallelism, linking inner devotion with obedience. In translation, the Hebrew participles are rendered as finite verbs (“show,” “keep showing”) to preserve both durative aspect and readability.
Root and etymology
l-ʾlamed–aleph
“not, negation”
In context — Exodus 20:6
But I show steadfast love to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments.
About this coordinate
Exodus 20:6:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Exodus 20:6, so the Hebrew word לְאֹהֲבַ֖י (leohavai) 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.20.6.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.20.6.W4.S1) and character.