Ezekiel 14:8:13Ezek.14.8.W13TAB
יְהוָֽה׃
yehovah
“am the LORD”
- Transliteration
- ye-ho-VAH
- Extended
- yeh-ho-VAH
- IPA
- /jəhoˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- am the 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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Word in context
- word
ye-ho-VAH
- phraseyour reading level
ki-a-NI ye-ho-VAH
- clause
vi-da-TEHM ki-a-NI ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
ve-na-TAT-ti pa-NAI ba-ISH ha-HU va-ha-si-mo-TI-hu le-OT ve-lim-sha-LIM ve-hikh-ra-TIV mi-TOKH a-MI vi-da-TEHM ki-a-NI ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The Qal perfect veyidatem {וִידַעְתֶּם | wî-daʿ-tem} 'and you shall know' introduces a result clause, culminating in kiani YHWH {כִּֽי־אֲנִ֥י יְהוָה | kî-ʾă-nî yə-hō-wāh}, which asserts divine authority through this judgment.
Root and etymology
h-y-hhe–yod–he
“to be”
In context — Ezekiel 14:8
And I will set my face against that man, and I will make him a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of my people, and you shall know that I am the LORD .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 14:8:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Ezekiel 14:8, so the Hebrew word יְהוָֽה׃ (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.14.8.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.14.8.W13.S1) and character.