Ezekiel 20:1:12Ezek.20.1.W12TAB
אֶת־יְהוָ֑ה
etyehovah
“the LORD”
- Transliteration
- et-ye-ho-VAH
- Extended
- eht-yeh-ho-VAH
- IPA
- /lidˈroːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- the LORD
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
et-ye-ho-VAH
- phraseyour reading level
li-de-ROSH et-ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-ye-HI ba-sha-NA ha-she-vi-IT ba-kha-mi-SHI be-a-SOR la-KHO-desh ba-U a-na-SHIM mi-zik-NE yis-ra-EL li-de-ROSH et-ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-ye-HI ba-sha-NA ha-she-vi-IT ba-kha-mi-SHI be-a-SOR la-KHO-desh ba-U a-na-SHIM mi-zik-NE yis-ra-EL li-de-ROSH et-ye-ho-VAH va-ye-SHVU le-fa-NAI
Exegesis
The subject phrase anashim mi-ziknei yisra’el {אֲנָשִׁים מִזִּקְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל | ʾă-nā-šîm miz-zik-nê yis-rā-ʾēl} ‘men from the elders of Israel’ introduces an infinitive of purpose li-drosh {לִדְרֹשׁ | li-droš} ‘to inquire,’ with the direct object marker et {אֶת־ | ʾet} marking yehovah {יְהוָה | Yə-hō-wāh} ‘the LORD’ as the focus.
Root and etymology
h-y-hheh–yod–heh
“to be, exist”
In context — Ezekiel 20:1
And it happened in the seventh year, in the fifth month, on the tenth day of the month, that men from the elders of Israel came to seek the LORD , and they sat before me .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 20:1:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Ezekiel 20:1, so the Hebrew word אֶת־יְהוָ֑ה (etyehovah) 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.20.1.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.20.1.W12.S1) and character.