Genesis 16:10:4Gen.16.10.W4TAB

יְהוָ֔ה

yehovah

LORD

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

Meaning by language

English
LORD

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
יְ + ה + וָ֔ה
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

    mal-AKH Ye-ho-VAH

  3. clause

    va-YO-mer LAH mal-AKH Ye-ho-VAH har-BA ar-BE et-zar-EKH

  4. sentence

    va-YO-mer LAH mal-AKH Ye-ho-VAH har-BA ar-BE et-zar-EKH ve-LO yis-sa-FER me-ROV

Exegesis

The speaker, malakh YHWH {מַלְאַךְ יְהוָה | mal-ʾākh YHWH} (‘messenger of the LORD’), functions as YHWH’s representative.

Root and etymology

h-y-h

to be, exist

In contextGenesis 16:10

And the messenger of the LORD said to her, “I will greatly multiply your seed , so that it will not be counted because of abundance.”

About this coordinate

Genesis 16:10:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 16:10, so the Hebrew word יְהוָ֔ה (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.16.10.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.16.10.W4.S1) and character.