Joshua 14:12:19Josh.14.12.W19TAB
יְהוָ֤ה
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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Word in context
- word
Ye-ho-VAH
- phraseyour reading level
u-LAI Ye-ho-VAH o-TI
- clause
ki a-TA-sha-MA-ta ba-YOM ha-HU ki-a-na-KIM sham ve-a-RIM ge-do-LOT be-tsu-ROT u-LAI Ye-ho-VAH o-TI ve-ho-RASH-tim ka-a-SHER di-BER Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
ve-a-TAH te-NA-li ET-ha-HAR ha-ZEH a-SHER-di-BER Ye-ho-VAH ba-YOM ha-HU ki a-TA-sha-MA-ta ba-YOM ha-HU ki-a-na-KIM sham ve-a-RIM ge-do-LOT be-tsu-ROT u-LAI Ye-ho-VAH o-TI ve-ho-RASH-tim ka-a-SHER di-BER Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The imperative tenah-li {תְּנָה־לִּי | tə-nā-lî} directly addresses the grant of ha-har ha-zeh {הָהָר הַזֶּה | hā-hār ha-zēh} ‘this mountain,’ specified by the relative clause asher dibber YHWH {אֲשֶׁר־דִּבֶּר יְהוָה}. The temporal frame ba-yom hahu …
Root and etymology
h-y-hheh–yod–heh
“to be, to exist”
In context — Joshua 14:12
And now, give me this mountain that the LORD spoke of on that day; for you heard on that day that the Anakites were there and their cities were vast and fortified. It may be that the LORD will be with me, and I will dispossess them just as He spoke.
About this coordinate
Joshua 14:12:19 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 19 of Joshua 14:12, so the Hebrew word יְהוָ֤ה (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.14.12.W19, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.14.12.W19.S1) and character.