Ezekiel 20:42:3Ezek.20.42.W3TAB
יְהוָ֔ה
yehovah
“LORD”
- Transliteration
- Ye-ho-VAH
- Extended
- Yeh-ho-VAH
- IPA
- /jəhoˈvaː/
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
Ye-ho-VAH
- phraseyour reading level
ki-a-NI Ye-ho-VAH
- clause
vi-DA-e-tem ki-a-NI Ye-ho-VAH ba-ha-vi-I et-KHEM el-a-de-MAT yis-ra-EL
- sentence
vi-DA-e-tem ki-a-NI Ye-ho-VAH ba-ha-vi-I et-KHEM el-a-de-MAT yis-ra-EL el-ha-A-rets a-SHER na-SA-ti et-ya-DI la-TET o-TAH la-a-vo-TE-khem
Exegesis
This is followed by the conjunction ki {כִּי־ | kî} ‘that’ introducing the propositional clause with subject ani {אֲנִי | ʾă-nî} ‘I’ and the divine name YHWH {יְהוָה | Yəhōwāh} ‘LORD’.
Root and etymology
Rootheh–yod–heh
“to be, exist”
In context — Ezekiel 20:42
And you will know that I am the LORD when I bring you into the land of Israel, to the land that I lifted up My hand to give it to your fathers.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 20:42:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Ezekiel 20:42, so the Hebrew word יְהוָ֔ה (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.20.42.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.20.42.W3.S1) and character.