Joshua 22:25:16Josh.22.25.W16TAB
אֶת־יְהוָֽה׃
etyehovah
“the LORD”
- Transliteration
- et-ye-ho-VAH
- Extended
- EET-yeh-ho-VAH
- IPA
- /ˈʔet.jəhoˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the LORD
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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
et-ye-ho-VAH
- phraseyour reading level
ye-RA et-ye-ho-VAH
- clause
ve-hish-BI-tu be-NE-khem et-ba-NEI-nu le-vil-TI ye-RA et-ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
u-gvuL na-TAN-ye-ho-VAH bei-NE-nu u-vei-NE-khem be-NEI-re-u-VEN u-ve-NEI-GAD et-ha-yar-DEN EIN-la-KHEM KHE-lek ba-ye-ho-VAH ve-hish-BI-tu be-NE-khem et-ba-NEI-nu le-vil-TI ye-RA et-ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
et-baneinu {בְנֵיכֶם֙ … אֶת־בָּנֵ֔ינוּ | bənê-ḵem … ʾet-bānê-nû}) would obstruct covenantal reverence, expressed by the negative purpose/result marker le-vilti {לְבִלְתִּ֖י | lə·bil·tî} followed by the infinitive yero {יְרֹ֥א | yərōʾ} ‘to fear’ with et-YHWH {אֶת־יְהוָֽה | ʾet-yə-hō-wāh} as its object.
Root and etymology
ה־י־ה
“to be; exist”
In context — Joshua 22:25
The LORD has set the Jordan as a boundary between us and you, sons of Reuben and sons of Gad. You have no share in the LORD, and your sons will make our sons cease to fear the LORD.
About this coordinate
Joshua 22:25:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Joshua 22:25, so the Hebrew word אֶת־יְהוָֽה׃ (etyehovah) 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.22.25.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.22.25.W16.S1) and character.