Ezekiel 14:23:16Ezek.14.23.W16TAB

יְהֹוִֽה׃

yehovah

LORD

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

Meaning by language

English
LORD

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Result
יְ + הֹ + וִֽה׃
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
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
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

    vi-ya-DAT-tem KI LO khi-NAM a-SI-ti ET kol-a-sher-a-SI-ti VA ne-UM a-do-NAI ye-ho-VAH

  4. sentence

    ve-ni-kha-MU et-KHEM ki-tir-E-U et-dar-KAM ve-et-a-li-lo-TAM vi-ya-DAT-tem KI LO khi-NAM a-SI-ti ET kol-a-sher-a-SI-ti VA ne-UM a-do-NAI ye-ho-VAH

Exegesis

The prophetic tag neum {נְאֻם | nə-ʾum} and the compound name Adonai YHWH {אֲדֹנָ֥י יְהֹוִֽה | ʾă-dō-nāy Yə-hō-wāh} close the oracle with solemn authority.

Root and etymology

RootHeh–Yod–Heh

to exist

In contextEzekiel 14:23

And they will comfort you when you see their way and their deeds, and you will know that I have not done all that I have done in it without cause, declares the Lord GOD .

About this coordinate

Ezekiel 14:23:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Ezekiel 14:23, so the Hebrew word יְהֹוִֽה׃ (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.14.23.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.14.23.W16.S1) and character.