Genesis 39:23:12Gen.39.23.W12TAB
יְהוָ֥ה
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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Word in context
- word
Ye-ho-VAH
- phraseyour reading level
Ye-ho-VAH mats-LI-akh
- clause
va-a-sher-HU o-SEH Ye-ho-VAH mats-LI-akh
- sentence
EIN SAR beit-ha-SO-har ro-EH et-kol-me-u-MAH be-ya-DO ba-a-SHER Ye-ho-VAH it-TO va-a-sher-HU o-SEH Ye-ho-VAH mats-LI-akh
Exegesis
The relative clause ba-asher YHWH ito {בַּאֲשֶׁר יְהוָה אִתּ֑וֹ | ba-ʾă-šer YHWH ʾit-tô} carries a causal sense ‘because the LORD was with him,’ explaining the prison chief’s confidence.
The second relative clause va-asher-hu oseh {וַאֲשֶׁר־הוּא עֹשֶׂה | wa-ʾă-šer-hûʾ ʿō-śeh} ‘whatever he was doing’ introduces comprehensive scope, and the final clause YHWH matsliakh {יְהוָה מַצְלִיחַ | Yə-hō-wāh maṣ-lî-aḥ} foregrounds the LORD as the active source of successful outcomes. In English, participles are rendered as past habitual to match narrative style, and relative clauses are rendered with ‘because’ and ‘whatever’ to preserve causal and universal conditional relationships.
Root and etymology
h-y-hheh–yod–heh
“to be, to exist”
In context — Genesis 39:23
The chief of the prison house did not look into anything that was in his hand, because the LORD was with him, and whatever he did, the LORD made it succeed .
About this coordinate
Genesis 39:23:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Genesis 39:23, so the Hebrew word יְהוָ֥ה (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.39.23.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.39.23.W12.S1) and character.