Ezekiel 17:3:4Ezek.17.3.W4TAB

יְהוִ֗ה

yehovah

LORD

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

Meaning by language

English
LORD

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
יְ + ה + וִ֗ה
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

    ko-a-MAR a-do-NAI ye-ho-VAH

  3. clause

    ve-a-MAR-ta ko-a-MAR a-do-NAI ye-ho-VAH ha-NE-sher ha-ga-DOL ge-DOL ha-ke-na-FA-yim E-rekh ha-E-ver ma-LE ha-no-TSA a-sher-LO ha-rik-MA

  4. sentence

    ve-a-MAR-ta ko-a-MAR a-do-NAI ye-ho-VAH ha-NE-sher ha-ga-DOL ge-DOL ha-ke-na-FA-yim E-rekh ha-E-ver ma-LE ha-no-TSA a-sher-LO ha-rik-MA BA el-hal-le-va-NON va-yik-KAKH et-tsam-ME-ret ha-A-rez

Exegesis

The compound title adonai YHWH {אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה| ʾă-dō-nāy Yə-hō-wāh} emphasizes the LORD’s supreme sovereignty.

Root and etymology

h-y-hheh–yod–heh

to be, exist

In contextEzekiel 17:3

And you shall say: “Thus says the Lord GOD , the great eagle, great in wings, long in pinion, full of feathers that had the variegation , came to Lebanon and took the top of the cedar.”

About this coordinate

Ezekiel 17:3:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Ezekiel 17:3, so the Hebrew word יְהוִ֗ה (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.17.3.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.17.3.W4.S1) and character.