Isaiah 19:17:14Isa.19.17.W14TAB
יְהוָ֣ה
yehovah
“the LORD”
- Transliteration
- ye-ho-VAH
- Extended
- yeh-ho-VAH
- IPA
- /jəhoˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the 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 tse-va-OT
- clause
mip-ne a-TSAT ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT a-sher-HU yo-ETS a-LAV
- sentence
ve-ha-ye-TA ad-maT ye-hu-DA le-mits-ra-YIM le-kha-GA KOL a-SHER yaz-KIR o-TA e-LAV yif-KHAD mip-ne a-TSAT ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT a-sher-HU yo-ETS a-LAV
Exegesis
The causal phrase mipnei atzat YHWH tsevaot {מִפְּנֵי עֲצַת יְהוָה צְבָא֔וֹת | mip-pĕ-nê ʿă-ṣat Yə-hō-wāh ṣə-vā-’ōṯ} ‘because of the counsel of the LORD of hosts’ attributes the terror to divine origin.
In context — Isaiah 19:17
And the land of Judah shall become a terror to Egypt; everyone who mentions it will be afraid for himself because of the counsel of the LORD of hosts that He has determined against it.
About this coordinate
Isaiah 19:17:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Isaiah 19:17, so the Hebrew word יְהוָ֣ה (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 Isa.19.17.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.19.17.W14.S1) and character.