Judges 14:4:6Judg.14.4.W6TAB
מֵיְהוָה֙
meyehovah
“from the LORD”
- Transliteration
- me-ye-ho-VAH
- Extended
- mee-yeh-ho-VAH
- IPA
- /meːjəhoˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- from the LORD
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
me-ye-ho-VAH
- phraseyour reading level
KI me-ye-ho-VAH
- clause
ve-a-VIV ve-i-MO LO ya-de-U KI me-ye-ho-VAH HI ki-TO-a-na HU-me-vak-KESH mip-pe-lish-TIM
- sentence
ve-a-VIV ve-i-MO LO ya-de-U KI me-ye-ho-VAH HI ki-TO-a-na HU-me-vak-KESH mip-pe-lish-TIM u-va-ET ha-HI pe-lish-TIM mo-she-LIM be-yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The first causal conjunction kî {כִּי | kî} introduces the source clause mê-YHWH hî {מֵיְהוָה הִיא | mê-Yə-hō-wāh hî} ‘this was from the LORD’, where min marks origin and hî resumes reference.
In context — Judges 14:4
But his father and his mother did not know that it was from the LORD , for He was seeking an occasion against the Philistines; and at that time the Philistines were ruling over Israel.
About this coordinate
Judges 14:4:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Judges 14:4, so the Hebrew word מֵיְהוָה֙ (meyehovah) 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.14.4.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.14.4.W6.S1) and character.