Ezekiel 14:21:5Ezek.14.21.W5TAB
יְהֹוִ֗ה
yehovah
“LORD”
- Transliteration
- ye-ho-VAH
- Extended
- yeh-hoh-VAH
- IPA
- /jəhoˈviː/
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 | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| 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
a-do-NAI ye-ho-VAH
- clause
KI KHO a-MAR a-do-NAI ye-ho-VAH AF ki-ar-BA-at she-fa-TAI ha-ra-IM KHE-rev ve-ra-AV ve-kha-YA ra-A va-DE-ver shi-lakh-TI el-ye-ru-sha-LA-im
- sentence
KI KHO a-MAR a-do-NAI ye-ho-VAH AF ki-ar-BA-at she-fa-TAI ha-ra-IM KHE-rev ve-ra-AV ve-kha-YA ra-A va-DE-ver shi-lakh-TI el-ye-ru-sha-LA-im le-hakh-RIT mi-ME-na a-DAM u-ve-he-MA
Exegesis
The compound title adonai yehovah {אֲדֹנָי יְהֹוִ֗ה | ʾă-dō-nāy yəhôwāh} asserts divine authority.
Root and etymology
RootHeh–Yod–Heh
“to exist”
In context — Ezekiel 14:21
For thus says the Lord GOD : How much more when I send My four severe judgments—sword, famine, wild beast, and pestilence—to cut off from Jerusalem man and animal.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 14:21:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Ezekiel 14:21, so the Hebrew word יְהֹוִ֗ה (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.14.21.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.14.21.W5.S1) and character.