Ezekiel 17:16:4Ezek.17.16.W4TAB
יְהוִה֒
yehovi
“LORD”
- Transliteration
- ye-ho-VI
- Extended
- yeh-hoh-VEE
- 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 | |
| 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-VI
- phraseyour reading level
a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI
- clause
khai-A-ni ne-UM a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI im-LO bim-KOM ha-ME-lekh ham-mam-LIKH o-TO a-SHER ba-ZA et-a-LA-to va-a-SHER he-FER et-be-ri-TO
- sentence
khai-A-ni ne-UM a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI im-LO bim-KOM ha-ME-lekh ham-mam-LIKH o-TO a-SHER ba-ZA et-a-LA-to va-a-SHER he-FER et-be-ri-TO it-TO be-TOKH-ba-VEL ya-MUT
Exegesis
This is followed by the oracle marker neum Adonai YHWH {נְאֻם אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה | nə'ûm ă·dō·nāy Yəhôwāh} ‘declaration of the Lord GOD’, establishing the speaker’s authority.
Root and etymology
h-y-hheh–yod–heh
“to be, exist”
In context — Ezekiel 17:16
As I live—declares the Lord GOD —surely in the place of the king who made him king, whose oath he despised , and whose covenant he broke, with him in the midst of Babylon, he shall die.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 17:16:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Ezekiel 17:16, so the Hebrew word יְהוִה֒ (yehovi) 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.17.16.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.17.16.W4.S1) and character.