Genesis 18:1:3Gen.18.1.W3TAB
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
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
- clause
va-ye-RA e-LAV Ye-ho-VAH be-e-lo-NEI mam-RE
- sentence
va-ye-RA e-LAV Ye-ho-VAH be-e-lo-NEI mam-RE ve-HU yo-SHEV pe-takh-ha-O-hel ke-KHOM ha-YOM
Exegesis
The indirect object elav {אֵלָיו | ʾēlāyw} ‘to him’ precedes the explicit subject YHWH {יְהוָה | Yəhōwāh}, so the clause structure emphasizes the action of appearing and its recipient before naming the divine agent. The subject YHWH follows, marking this as a theophany in the flow of the Abraham narrative.
Root and etymology
h-y-hheh–yod–heh
“to be, exist”
In context — Genesis 18:1
And the LORD appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre, while he was sitting at the entrance of the tent in the heat of the day.
About this coordinate
Genesis 18:1:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 18:1, 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.18.1.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.18.1.W3.S1) and character.