Genesis 19:24:1Gen.19.24.W1TAB
וַֽיהוָ֗ה
vayehovah
“and LORD”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-ho-VAH
- Extended
- vah-yeh-ho-VAH
- IPA
- /va.jə.ho.ˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and LORD
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| 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
va-ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-ye-ho-VAH hi-me-TIR al-se-DOM ve-al-a-mo-RA gaf-RIT va-ESH
- sentence
va-ye-ho-VAH hi-me-TIR al-se-DOM ve-al-a-mo-RA gaf-RIT va-ESH me-ET ye-ho-VAH min-ha-sha-MA-yim
Exegesis
The verse opens with vayəhōwāh {וַיְהוָה | wa-Yəhōwāh} “and the LORD” followed by the finite verb himṭîr {הִמְטִיר | him-ṭîr} “caused to rain,” forming a conjunction + subject + verb structure that foregrounds divine agency.
Root and etymology
ה־י־ה
“to be, to exist”
In context — Genesis 19:24
Then the LORD caused brimstone and fire to rain upon Sodom and Gomorrah, from the LORD out of the heavens.
About this coordinate
Genesis 19:24:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 19:24, so the Hebrew word וַֽיהוָ֗ה (vayehovah) 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.19.24.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.24.W1.S1) and character.