Ezekiel 20:5:5Ezek.20.5.W5TAB

יְהוִ֔ה

yehovi

LORD

Transliteration
Ye-ho-VI
Extended
Yeh-ho-VEE
IPA
/jəhoˈviː/

Meaning by language

English
LORD

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
יְ + ה + וִ֔ה
ye + ho + vi
yehovi

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-VI

  2. phraseyour reading level

    a-do-NAI Ye-ho-VI

  3. clause

    ve-a-MAR-ta a-le-HEM ko-a-MAR a-do-NAI Ye-ho-VI be-YOM ba-kho-RI be-yis-ra-EL va-e-SA ya-DI le-ZE-ra BET ya-a-KOV va-i-va-DA la-HEM be-E-rets mits-ra-YIM

  4. sentence

    ve-a-MAR-ta a-le-HEM ko-a-MAR a-do-NAI Ye-ho-VI be-YOM ba-kho-RI be-yis-ra-EL va-e-SA ya-DI le-ZE-ra BET ya-a-KOV va-i-va-DA la-HEM be-E-rets mits-ra-YIM va-e-SA ya-DI la-HEM le-MOR a-NI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-khem

Exegesis

The formulaic oracle intro koh amar Adonai YHWH {כֹּה אָמַר אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה | kō ʾā-mar ʾă-dō-nāy Yə-hō-wāh} frames the divine speech.

The climax leemor ani YHWH Eloheikhem {לֵאמֹר אֲנִי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם | lê-ʾemōr ʾă-nî Yə-hō-wāh ʾe-lō-hê-khem} delivers the covenantal declaration.

Root and etymology

h-y-hheh–yod–heh

to be, exist

In contextEzekiel 20:5

And you shall say to them, “Thus says the Lord GOD : On the day I chose Israel and lifted up my hand to the seed of the house of Jacob and made Myself known to them in the land of Egypt, I lifted up my hand to them, saying, ‘I am the LORD your God.’”

About this coordinate

Ezekiel 20:5:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Ezekiel 20:5, so the Hebrew word יְהוִ֔ה (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.20.5.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.20.5.W5.S1) and character.