Genesis 15:18:4Gen.15.18.W4TAB
יְהוָ֛ה
yehovah
“LORD”
- Transliteration
- Ye-ho-VAH
- Extended
- Yeh-ho-VAH
- IPA
- /jə.ho.ˈvaː/
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
ka-RAT Ye-ho-VAH
- clause
ba-YOM ha-HU ka-RAT Ye-ho-VAH et-av-RAM be-RIT le-MOR
- sentence
ba-YOM ha-HU ka-RAT Ye-ho-VAH et-av-RAM be-RIT le-MOR le-zar-a-KHA na-TAT-ti et-ha-A-rets ha-ZOT min-ne-HAR mits-RAI-yim ad-ha-na-HAR ha-ga-DOL ne-har-pe-RAT
Exegesis
The main verbal clause is kārat YHWH {כָּרַת יְהוָה | kā-rat Yə-hō-wāh}, with YHWH as subject and karat as a Qal perfect verb meaning literally “He cut,” an idiom for covenant making that alludes to sacrificial rites.
Root and etymology
h-y-h
“to be, exist”
In context — Genesis 15:18
On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land, from the river of Egypt up to the great river, the river Euphrates.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 15:18:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 15:18, so the Hebrew word יְהוָ֛ה (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.15.18.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.15.18.W4.S1) and character.