Jeremiah 23:35:8Jer.23.35.W8TAB
יְהוָ֔ה
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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The word
Word in context
- word
Ye-ho-VAH
- phraseyour reading level
me-a-NA Ye-ho-VAH
- clause
me-a-NA Ye-ho-VAH u-ma-di-BER Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
KO to-me-RU ISH al-re-E-hu ve-ISH el-a-KHIv me-a-NA Ye-ho-VAH u-ma-di-BER Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
Each verb is immediately followed by the divine name YHWH {יְהוָה | Yə-hō-wāh}, anchoring authority in God’s revelation. The syntactic balance and repetition heighten the communal inquiry into the LORD’s decisive word.
Root and etymology
ה־י־ה
“to be, exist”
In context — Jeremiah 23:35
Thus you shall say, each man to his neighbor and each man to his brother, “What did the LORD answer? And what did the LORD speak?”
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 23:35:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Jeremiah 23:35, so the Hebrew word יְהוָ֔ה (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 Jer.23.35.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.23.35.W8.S1) and character.