Exodus 24:4:5Exod.24.4.W5TAB
יְהוָ֔ה
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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The word
Word in context
- word
Ye-ho-VAH
- phraseyour reading level
kol-div-REI Ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-yikh-TOV mo-SHEH ET kol-div-REI Ye-ho-VAH va-yash-KEM bab-BO-ker va-yi-VEN miz-BE-akh TA-khat ha-HAR
- sentence
va-yikh-TOV mo-SHEH ET kol-div-REI Ye-ho-VAH va-yash-KEM bab-BO-ker va-yi-VEN miz-BE-akh TA-khat ha-HAR ush-TEIM ehs-REH mat-tse-VAH lish-NEIM a-SAAR shiv-TEI yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
Moses {מֹשֶׁה | mōšē} functions as the subject of this clause, with et {אֵת | ʾēt} introducing the direct object kol-divrei YHWH {כָּל־דִּבְרֵי יְהוָה | kol-dibrê Yə-hō-wāh} ‘all words of the LORD.’
Root and etymology
Rootheh–yod–heh
“to be, exist”
In context — Exodus 24:4
And Moses wrote down all the words of the LORD . Then he rose early in the morning and built an altar at the foot of the mountain, and he set up twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel.
About this coordinate
Exodus 24:4:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Exodus 24:4, so the Hebrew word יְהוָ֔ה (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.24.4.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.24.4.W5.S1) and character.