Joshua 13:14:8Josh.13.14.W8TAB
יְהוָ֜ה
yehovah
“LORD”
- Transliteration
- Ye-ho-VAH
- Extended
- Yeh-ho-VAH
- IPA
- /jəhoˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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
i-SHEI Ye-ho-VAH
- clause
i-SHEI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI yis-ra-EL HU na-kha-la-TO ka-a-SHER di-BER-LO
- sentence
RAK le-SHE-vet ha-LE-vi LO na-TAN na-kha-LA i-SHEI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI yis-ra-EL HU na-kha-la-TO ka-a-SHER di-BER-LO
Exegesis
The construct isheiy YHWH Elohei Yisrael {אִשֵּׁי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל | ’iş-šêy Yə-hō-wāh ’ĕ-lō-hê yiś-rā-’ēl} ‘fire-offerings of the LORD God of Israel’ functions as the predicate linked by the pronoun hu {הוּא | hūʼ} to the possessor nachalato {נַחֲלָת֔וֹ | na-ḥă-lā-ṯō} ‘his inheritance’.
Root and etymology
ה־י־ה
“to be, exist”
In context — Joshua 13:14
To the tribe of Levi alone Moses gave no inheritance; instead, the fire-offerings of the LORD God of Israel are their inheritance, as He spoke to him.
About this coordinate
Joshua 13:14:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Joshua 13:14, so the Hebrew word יְהוָ֜ה (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 Josh.13.14.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.13.14.W8.S1) and character.