Ezekiel 20:47:8Ezek.20.47.W8TABWLC Ezekiel 21:3
יְהוִ֜ה
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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Word in context
- word
ye-ho-VI
- phraseyour reading level
KO-a-MAR a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI
- clause
KO-a-MAR a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI hin-NE-ni ma-TSIT-bek-HA ESH ve-akh-LA bek-HA
- sentence
ve-a-MAR-ta le-YA-ar han-NE-gev she-MA de-VAR-ye-ho-VAH KO-a-MAR a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI hin-NE-ni ma-TSIT-bek-HA ESH ve-akh-LA bek-HA KOL-ETS-lakh ve-KOL-ETS ya-VESH LO-ti-kh-BE la-HE-vet shal-HE-vet ve-nits-re-VU-va KOL-pa-NIM min-NE-gev tsa-FO-na
Exegesis
The imperative shema {שְׁמַע | šə-maʿ} ‘hear’ governs devar {דְּבַר־ | də-var} ‘word’ of YHWH {יְהוָה | Yə-hō-wāh}, and koh amar {כֹּה אָמַר | kōh ʾā-mar} frames the prophetic oracle.
The double divine formula Adonai YHWH {אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה | ʾă-dō-nāy Yə-hō-wāh} asserts covenant authority.
Root and etymology
h-y-hheh–yod–heh
“to be, exist”
In context — Ezekiel 20:47
And you shall say to the forest of the Negev, “Hear the word of the LORD ; thus says the Lord GOD : Behold, I am kindling a fire in you, and it will consume every green tree and every dry tree in you; the blazing flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north will be scorched by it.”
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 20:47:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Ezekiel 20:47, so the Hebrew word יְהוִ֜ה (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.20.47.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.20.47.W8.S1) and character.