Ezekiel 17:9:5Ezek.17.9.W5TAB

יְהֹוִ֖ה

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 + הֹ + וִ֖ה
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

    e-MOR KO a-MAR a-do-NAI ye-ho-VAH tits-LAKH

  4. sentence

    e-MOR KO a-MAR a-do-NAI ye-ho-VAH tits-LAKH ha-LO et-sha-ra-SHE-ha ye-nat-TEK ve-et-pir-YA ye-ko-SES ve-ya-VESH kal-tar-PE tsim-KHA ti-VASH ve-LO-viz-RO-a ge-do-LA u-ve-am-RAV le-mas-OT o-TA mish-sha-ra-SHE-ha

Exegesis

The formula koh amar Adonai YHWH {כֹּה אָמַר אֲדֹנָי יְהֹוִה | kō ʾā-mar ʾă-dō-nāy yə-hō-wîh} ‘thus says the Lord God’ asserts divine authority by pairing the title Adonai with the covenant name YHWH.

Root and etymology

h-y-hheh–yod–heh

to be, exist

In contextEzekiel 17:9

Say, “Thus says the Lord God : Will it thrive ? Will he not pull up its roots and cut off its fruit so that all the leaves of its growth wither? It will wither, and by no strong arm or by many people will it be lifted up from its roots.”

About this coordinate

Ezekiel 17:9:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Ezekiel 17:9, so the Hebrew word יְהֹוִ֖ה (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.17.9.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.17.9.W5.S1) and character.