Genesis 13:14:1Gen.13.14.W1TAB
וַֽיהוָ֞ה
vayehovah
“and the LORD”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-ho-VAH
- Extended
- vah-yeh-ho-VAH
- IPA
- /wa.jə.ho.ˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the LORD
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
va-ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-ye-ho-VAH a-MAR el-av-RAM a-kha-REI hip-pa-red-LOT me-im-MO SA NA ei-NE-kha u-re-E min-ha-ma-KOM a-sher-a-TA SHAM
- sentence
va-ye-ho-VAH a-MAR el-av-RAM a-kha-REI hip-pa-red-LOT me-im-MO SA NA ei-NE-kha u-re-E min-ha-ma-KOM a-sher-a-TA SHAM tsa-FO-na va-NEG-ba va-KED-ma va-YAM-ma
Exegesis
The verse opens with vav-YHWH {וַיהוָה | wə-hō-wāh} ‘and the LORD’, the prefixed conjunction introducing divine speech.
Root and etymology
Rootheh–yod–heh
“to be, exist”
In context — Genesis 13:14
After Lot had separated from him, the LORD said to Abram, “Please lift up your eyes and look out from the place where you are—northward, southward, eastward, and westward.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 13:14:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 13:14, so the Hebrew word וַֽיהוָ֞ה (vayehovah) 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.13.14.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.13.14.W1.S1) and character.