Judges 13:19:8Judg.13.19.W8TAB
לַֽיהוָ֑ה
layehovah
“to the LORD”
- Transliteration
- la-Ye-ho-VAH
- Extended
- lah-Yeh-ho-VAH
- IPA
- /la.jəhoˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the LORD
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| 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
la-Ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-yik-KAKH ma-NO-akh ET-ge-DI ha-i-ZIM ve-ET-ha-min-KHA va-ya-AL al-ha-TSUR la-Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-yik-KAKH ma-NO-akh ET-ge-DI ha-i-ZIM ve-ET-ha-min-KHA va-ya-AL al-ha-TSUR la-Ye-ho-VAH u-maf-LI la-a-SOT u-ma-NO-akh ve-ish-TO ro-IM
Exegesis
The Hiphil imperfect wayyaʿal {וַיַּ֥עַל | wayyaʿal} ‘offered up’ combines with the prepositional phrase ʿal-hā-ṣûr {עַל־הַצּ֖וּר | ʿal-hā-ṣûr} ‘upon the rock’ and the dative la-YHWH {לַֽיהוָ֑ה | la-YHWH} ‘to the LORD’, marking the divine recipient of the sacrifice.
Root and etymology
h-w-h
“to be, exist”
In context — Judges 13:19
And Manoah took the young goat and the grain offering, and offered them on the rock to the LORD ; and the LORD acted wondrously as Manoah and his wife watched.
About this coordinate
Judges 13:19:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Judges 13:19, so the Hebrew word לַֽיהוָ֑ה (layehovah) 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 Judg.13.19.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.13.19.W8.S1) and character.