Genesis 19:13:10Gen.19.13.W10TAB
יְהוָ֖ה
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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Word in context
- word
Ye-ho-VAH
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-shal-le-KHE-nu Ye-ho-VAH
- clause
ki-gad-LAH tsa-a-ka-TAM et-pe-NEI Ye-ho-VAH va-ye-shal-le-KHE-nu Ye-ho-VAH le-sha-kha-TAH
- sentence
ki-mash-khi-TIM a-NAKH-nu et-ha-ma-KOM ha-ZEH ki-gad-LAH tsa-a-ka-TAM et-pe-NEI Ye-ho-VAH va-ye-shal-le-KHE-nu Ye-ho-VAH le-sha-kha-TAH
Exegesis
A second ki {כִּֽי־ | kî} clause states the reason: gadlah {גָּדְלָ֤ה | gā-ḏā-lāh} “has become great” describes the intensified state of tsaakatam {צַעֲקָתָם֙ | ṣa-ʿă-qā-ṯām} “their outcry,” which stands in construct with et-penei YHWH {אֶת־פְּנֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה | ʾeṯ pə-nê Yə-hō-wāh}, an idiomatic expression for “before the presence of the LORD.”
The Piel wayyiqtol vayishalchenu {וַיְשַׁלְּחֵ֥נוּ | wa-ye-šal-lə-ḥênû} advances the narrative: “and He sent us,” with YHWH {יְהוָ֖ה | Yə-hō-wāh} as the explicit subject to stress divine initiative.
Root and etymology
ה־י־ה
“to be, to exist”
In context — Genesis 19:13
For we are destroying this place, because their outcry has become great before the presence of the LORD ; therefore the LORD has sent us to destroy it.
About this coordinate
Genesis 19:13:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Genesis 19:13, so the Hebrew word יְהוָ֖ה (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.19.13.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.13.W10.S1) and character.