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

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Result
יְ + ה + וָ֜ה
ye + ho + vah
yehovah

Alphabet Analysis

Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    Ye-ho-VAH

  2. phraseyour reading level

    i-SHEI Ye-ho-VAH

  3. clause

    i-SHEI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI yis-ra-EL HU na-kha-la-TO ka-a-SHER di-BER-LO

  4. 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 contextJoshua 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.