Exodus 39:21:17Exod.39.21.W17TAB
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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The word
Word in context
- word
Ye-ho-VAH
- phraseyour reading level
tsi-VA Ye-ho-VAH
- clause
ka-a-SHER tsi-VA Ye-ho-VAH et-mo-SHEH
- sentence
va-yir-ke-SU et-ha-KHO-shen mi-tab-be-o-TAV el-tab-OT ha-e-FOD bif-TEEL te-KHE-let lih-YOT al-KHE-shev ha-e-FOD ve-lo-yiz-ZAKH ha-KHO-shen meh-AL ha-e-FOD ka-a-SHER tsi-VA Ye-ho-VAH et-mo-SHEH
Exegesis
The final relational clause kaasher tsivah YHWH et Moshe {כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוָּה יְהוָה אֶת־מֹשֶׁה | ka-ʾa-šer ṣîw-wāh yə-hō-wāh ʾet mō-šē} “as the LORD commanded Moses” confirms adherence to divine instruction.
Root and etymology
ה־י־הh–y–h
“to be or exist”
In context — Exodus 39:21
And they bound the breastpiece from its rings to the rings of the ephod with a cord of blue , to be on the band of the ephod, so that the breastpiece would not slip from upon the ephod, as the LORD commanded Moses.
About this coordinate
Exodus 39:21:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Exodus 39:21, 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.39.21.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.39.21.W17.S1) and character.