Genesis 39:5:17Gen.39.5.W17TAB
יְהוָה֙
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
bir-KAT Ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-ye-HI bir-KAT Ye-ho-VAH be-KOL-a-SHER yesh-LO ba-BA-yit u-va-sa-DE
- sentence
va-ye-HI me-AZ hif-KID o-TO be-vei-TO ve-AL kol-a-SHER yesh-LO va-ye-VA-rekh Ye-ho-VAH et-BEIT ha-mits-RI big-LAL yo-SEF va-ye-HI bir-KAT Ye-ho-VAH be-KOL-a-SHER yesh-LO ba-BA-yit u-va-sa-DE
Exegesis
The second wayyiqtol vayevarekh YHWH {וַיְבָרֶךְ יְהוָה | way-ḇā-reḵ Yə-hō-wāh} introduces the resultant action, with the direct object et bêṯ ham-miṣ-rî {אֶת־בֵּ֥ית הַמִּצְרִ֖י} “the house of the Egyptian” and biglal Yosef {בִּגְלַל יוֹסֵף | big-lāl yô-sēf} indicating the causal reason.
A third wayyiqtol vayehi birkat YHWH {וַיְהִי בִּרְכַּת יְהוָה | way-hî bir-kaṯ Yə-hō-wāh} summarizes the outcome, and the merism babbayit uvaśadeh {בַּבַּיִת וּבַשָּׂדֶה | bab-bayiṯ u-ḇa-śā-ḏeh} “in the house and in the field” highlights comprehensive divine favor. The narrative sequence of wayyiqtol forms and construct chains is rendered in fluid past tense English to preserve Hebrew emphasis on timing, authority, and causation.
Root and etymology
h-y-hheh–yod–heh
“to be, to exist”
In context — Genesis 39:5
And it came to pass, from the time he appointed him over his house and over all that he had, that the LORD blessed the house of the Egyptian for Joseph’s sake; and the blessing of the LORD was on all that he had, in the house and in the field.
About this coordinate
Genesis 39:5:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Genesis 39:5, so the Hebrew word יְהוָה֙ (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.39.5.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.39.5.W17.S1) and character.