יְהוָ֜ה

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 יְהוָ֜ה

   ye-ho-VAH

   of the LORD
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 ר֨וּחַ יְהוָ֜ה

   RU-akh ye-ho-VAH

   wind of the LORD
3. clause🔊 יָבֹ֣וא קָדִ֗ים ר֨וּחַ יְהוָ֜ה מִמִּדְבָּ֣ר עֹלֶ֗ה וְיֵבֹ֤שׁ מְקוֹרוֹ֙ וְיֶחֱרַ֣ב מַעְיָנֹ֔ו ה֖וּא יִשְׁסֶ֣ה אוֹצַ֔ר כָּל־כְּלִ֖י חֶמְדָּ֥ה׃

   ya-VO ka-DIM RU-akh ye-ho-VAH mi-mid-BAR O-le ve-ye-VOSH me-ko-RO ve-ye-khe-RAV ma-e-NA-no HU yis-SE o-TSAR KAL-ke-LI khem-DA

   will come an east wind wind of the LORD from the wilderness going up or rising and he will dry up his spring or his source and it will be parched his fountain it it will plunder treasury every vessel or object of precious thing or desirable thing
4. sentence🔊 כִּ֣י ה֔וּא בֵ֥ן אַחִ֖ים יַפְרִ֑יא יָבֹ֣וא קָדִ֗ים ר֨וּחַ יְהוָ֜ה מִמִּדְבָּ֣ר עֹלֶ֗ה וְיֵבֹ֤שׁ מְקוֹרוֹ֙ וְיֶחֱרַ֣ב מַעְיָנֹ֔ו ה֖וּא יִשְׁסֶ֣ה אוֹצַ֔ר כָּל־כְּלִ֖י חֶמְדָּ֥ה׃

   KI HU VEN a-KHIM yaf-ri-I ya-VO ka-DIM RU-akh ye-ho-VAH mi-mid-BAR O-le ve-ye-VOSH me-ko-RO ve-ye-khe-RAV ma-e-NA-no HU yis-SE o-TSAR KAL-ke-LI khem-DA

   for or though he a son of brothers he will be fruitful will come an east wind wind of the LORD from the wilderness going up or rising and he will dry up his spring or his source and it will be parched his fountain it it will plunder treasury every vessel or object of precious thing or desirable thing

Exegesis

Judgment is then personified by the Qal imperfect yavo {יָבֹא | yā·bô} as an east wind kadim {קָדִים | qā·dîm} specified as ruach YHWH {רוּחַ יְהוָה | rū·aḥ Yə-hō-wāh} ‘wind of the LORD’, indicating divine action.

Root and etymology

h-y-h🔊 ה־י־ה

“to be, exist”

• 🔊 אֶהְיֶהehyehI AMExodus 3:14