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

Result
לְ + אֹ + הֲ + בַ֖י
le + o + ha + vai
leohavai

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Hateph Patachreduced 'ah'
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Word in context

  1. word

    le-o-ha-VAI

  2. clause

    le-o-ha-VAI u-le-shom-REI mits-vo-TAI

  3. 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 contextExodus 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.