Ezekiel 13:3:4Ezek.13.3.W4TAB

יְהוִ֔ה

yehovah

LORD

Transliteration
ye-ho-VAH
Extended
yeh-ho-VAH
IPA
/jəhoˈviː/

Meaning by language

English
LORD

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Result
יְ + ה + וִ֔ה
ye + ho + vah
yehovah

Alphabet Analysis

Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ye-ho-VAH

  2. phraseyour reading level

    a-do-NAI ye-ho-VAH

  3. clause

    KO a-MAR a-do-NAI ye-ho-VAH HOI al-ha-ne-vi-IM ha-ne-va-LIM

  4. sentence

    KO a-MAR a-do-NAI ye-ho-VAH HOI al-ha-ne-vi-IM ha-ne-va-LIM a-SHER hol-khim a-KHAR ru-KHAM u-le-vil-TI RA-u

Exegesis

The compound title Adonai YHWH {אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֔ה | ʾă-ḏō-nāy Yə-hō-wāh} asserts both sovereign rule and covenant authority.

Root and etymology

h-y-hheh–yod–heh

to be, exist

In contextEzekiel 13:3

Thus says the Lord GOD : Woe to the foolish prophets who go after their own spirit and have seen nothing.

About this coordinate

Ezekiel 13:3:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Ezekiel 13:3, so the Hebrew word יְהוִ֔ה (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 Ezek.13.3.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.13.3.W4.S1) and character.