Jeremiah 16:10:25Jer.16.10.W25TAB
לַֽיהוָ֥ה
layehovah
“against the LORD”
- Transliteration
- la-Ye-ho-VAH
- Extended
- lah-Yeh-ho-VAH
- IPA
- /laːjəhoˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- against the LORD
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| 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
la-Ye-ho-VAH
- phraseyour reading level
la-Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-nu
- clause
ve-am-RU e-LE-kha al-ME di-BER Ye-ho-VAH a-LE-nu ET KAL-ha-ra-A ha-ge-do-LA ha-ZOT u-ME a-vo-NE-nu u-ME kha-ta-TE-nu a-SHER kha-ta-NU la-Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-nu
- sentence
ve-ha-YA KI ta-GID la-AM ha-ZE ET KAL-ha-de-va-RIM ha-E-le ve-am-RU e-LE-kha al-ME di-BER Ye-ho-VAH a-LE-nu ET KAL-ha-ra-A ha-ge-do-LA ha-ZOT u-ME a-vo-NE-nu u-ME kha-ta-TE-nu a-SHER kha-ta-NU la-Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-nu
Exegesis
The final phrase la-Yə-hō-Wāh ʾĕ-lō-HÊ-nu {לַיהוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ} ‘against the LORD our God’ anchors the offense within the covenant relationship.
Root and etymology
h-y-hheh–yod–heh
“to be, exist”
In context — Jeremiah 16:10
And it shall be, when you declare all these words to this people, that they will say to you, “Why has the LORD declared all this great evil against us? What is our iniquity, and what is our sin which we have sinned against the LORD our God?”
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 16:10:25 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 25 of Jeremiah 16:10, so the Hebrew word לַֽיהוָ֥ה (layehovah) 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 Jer.16.10.W25, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.16.10.W25.S1) and character.