Isaiah 22:12:2Isa.22.12.W2TAB
אֲדֹנָ֧י
adonai
“Lord”
- Transliteration
- a-do-NAI
- Extended
- ah-doh-NAI
- IPA
- /ʔădoːˈnaːj/
Meaning by language
- English
- Lord
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-do-NAI
- phraseyour reading level
a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI
- clause
va-yik-RA a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI tse-va-OT ba-YOM ha-HU
- sentence
va-yik-RA a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI tse-va-OT ba-YOM ha-HU liv-KHI u-le-mis-PED u-le-kar-KHA ve-la-kha-GOR SAK
Exegesis
The compound title adonai YHWH tsevaot {אֲדֹנָ֧י יְהוִ֛ה צְבָא֖וֹת | ʼădōnāy Yĕhōwāh ṣəḇāʾôt} ‘Lord GOD of hosts’ conveys covenant authority and martial sovereignty.
Root and etymology
Root’ādān
“lord”
In context — Isaiah 22:12
And the Lord GOD of hosts called on that day for weeping, for mourning, for baldness, and for girding with sackcloth .
About this coordinate
Isaiah 22:12:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Isaiah 22:12, so the Hebrew word אֲדֹנָ֧י (adonai) 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.22.12.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.22.12.W2.S1) and character.