Genesis 13:10:11Gen.13.10.W11TAB

יְהוָ֗ה

yehovah

LORD

Transliteration
Ye-ho-VAH
Extended
Yeh-ho-VAH
IPA
/jəhoˈvaː/

Meaning by language

English
LORD

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Result
יְ + ה + וָ֗ה
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
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    Ye-ho-VAH

  2. phraseyour reading level

    li-fe-NEI sha-KHET Ye-ho-VAH

  3. clause

    li-fe-NEI sha-KHET Ye-ho-VAH et-se-DOM ve-et-a-mo-RAH ke-gan-ye-ho-VAH ke-E-rets mits-RA-yim bo-a-KHA tso-AR

  4. sentence

    va-yis-sa-LOT et-ei-NAV va-YAR et-kol-ki-KAR ha-yar-DEN KI khu-LAH ma-she-KEH li-fe-NEI sha-KHET Ye-ho-VAH et-se-DOM ve-et-a-mo-RAH ke-gan-ye-ho-VAH ke-E-rets mits-RA-yim bo-a-KHA tso-AR

Exegesis

The prepositional lifnei shachet YHWH {לִפְנֵי שַׁחֵת יְהוָה | lip̄-nê ša-ḥēt Yə-hō-wāh} ‘before the LORD destroyed’ anchors the timing of divine judgment.

Root and etymology

h-y-hheh–yod–heh

to be, to exist

In contextGenesis 13:10

Lot lifted his eyes and saw all the plain of the Jordan; it was lush throughout before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt as you come to Zoar.

About this coordinate

Genesis 13:10:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Genesis 13:10, so the Hebrew word יְהוָ֗ה (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 Gen.13.10.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.13.10.W11.S1) and character.