Judges 15:18:4Judg.15.18.W4TAB
אֶל־יְהוָה֙
elyehovah
“to the LORD”
- Transliteration
- el-ye-ho-VAH
- Extended
- ehl-yeh-ho-VAH
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.jəhoˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to 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 | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
el-ye-ho-VAH
- phraseyour reading level
va-yik-RA el-ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-yits-MA me-OD va-yik-RA el-ye-ho-VAH va-yo-MAR a-TA na-TAT-ta be-yad-av-de-KHA et-ha-te-shu-A ha-ge-do-LA ha-ZOT
- sentence
va-yits-MA me-OD va-yik-RA el-ye-ho-VAH va-yo-MAR a-TA na-TAT-ta be-yad-av-de-KHA et-ha-te-shu-A ha-ge-do-LA ha-ZOT ve-a-TA a-MUT ba-tsa-MA ve-na-fal-TI be-YAD ha-a-re-LIM
Exegesis
This is followed by the vav-consecutive vayyiqrāʾ {וַיִּקְרָ֤א | wayyiqrāʾ} ‘and he called’, with the prepositional phrase ʾel-yəhōwāh {אֶל־יְהוָה֙ | ʾel-yə-hō-wāh} marking a direct appeal to the divine name.
In context — Judges 15:18
He became very thirsty, and he cried out to the LORD and said, “You have placed this great deliverance in the hand of your servant; and now shall I die of thirst and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised?”
About this coordinate
Judges 15:18:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Judges 15:18, so the Hebrew word אֶל־יְהוָה֙ (elyehovah) 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.15.18.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.15.18.W4.S1) and character.