Genesis 16:11:4Gen.16.11.W4TAB
יְהוָ֔ה
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
ma-le-AKH Ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-YO-mer LAH ma-le-AKH Ye-ho-VAH hin-NAKH ha-RA ve-yo-LADT BEN
- sentence
va-YO-mer LAH ma-le-AKH Ye-ho-VAH hin-NAKH ha-RA ve-yo-LADT BEN ve-ka-RAAT she-MO yi-she-ma-EL ki-sha-MA Ye-ho-VAH el-on-YEKH
Exegesis
The subject is the construct phrase malakh YHWH {מַלְאַךְ יְהוָה | mal-ʾāḵ Yə-hō-wāh} ‘angel of the LORD’, where the noun in construct links directly with the divine name to mark this messenger as YHWH’s authorized representative.
The causal clause ki {כִּי | kî} ‘because’ + shama {שָׁמַע | šā-maʿ} ‘has heard’ + YHWH {יְהוָה | Yə-hō-wāh} as subject, with the phrase el onyeikh {אֶל־עָנְיֵךְ | ʾēl ʿon-yēḵ} ‘to your affliction’, portrays divine hearing as a completed, decisive act. The coordinated future verbs and the causal “because” preserve the explicit logic linking the child’s name to God’s attentive response.
Root and etymology
Rootheh–yod–heh
“to be, to exist”
In context — Genesis 16:11
And the angel of the LORD said to her, “Look, you are pregnant and will bear a son; you shall call his name Ishmael, because the LORD has heard your affliction .”
About this coordinate
Genesis 16:11:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 16:11, 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.16.11.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.16.11.W4.S1) and character.