Genesis 16:7:3Gen.16.7.W3TAB
יְהוָ֛ה
yehovah
“LORD”
- Transliteration
- Ye-ho-VAH
- Extended
- Yeh-ho-VAH
- IPA
- /jəhoˈvaː/
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
mal-AKH Ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-yim-tsa-AH mal-AKH Ye-ho-VAH al-EN ha-MA-yim bam-mid-BAR
- sentence
va-yim-tsa-AH mal-AKH Ye-ho-VAH al-EN ha-MA-yim bam-mid-BAR al-ha-A-yin be-DE-rekh SHUR
Exegesis
The construct chain malakh YHWH {מַלְאַךְ יְהוָ֛ה | mal-ʾākh Yə-hō-wāh} ‘angel of the LORD’ denotes a divine messenger.
Root and etymology
h-y-h
“to be, exist”
In context — Genesis 16:7
The angel of the LORD found her beside a spring of water in the wilderness, the spring along the road to Shur.
About this coordinate
Genesis 16:7:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 16:7, 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.16.7.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.16.7.W3.S1) and character.