Leviticus 14:29:12Lev.14.29.W12TAB

יְהוָֽה׃

yehovah

LORD

Transliteration
Ye-ho-VAH
Extended
Yeh-ho-VAH
IPA
/jəhoˈvaː/

Meaning by language

English
LORD

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Result
יְ + ה + וָֽה׃
ye + ho + vah
yehovah

Alphabet Analysis

Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    Ye-ho-VAH

  2. phraseyour reading level

    lif-NEY Ye-ho-VAH

  3. clause

    le-ka-PER a-LAV lif-NEY Ye-ho-VAH

  4. sentence

    ve-ha-no-TAR min-ha-SHE-men a-SHER al-KAF ha-ko-HEN yi-TEN al-ROSH ha-mi-ta-HER le-ka-PER a-LAV lif-NEY Ye-ho-VAH

Exegesis

The preposition lifnei {לִפְנֵ֥י | li-p̄nê} ‘before’ with YHWH {יְהוָֽה | yə-hō-wāh} situates the act under divine authority.

Root and etymology

h-y-hheh–yod–heh

to be, exist

In contextLeviticus 14:29

And the remainder of the oil which is on the palm of the priest , he shall put on the head of the one being cleansed to make atonement for him before the LORD .

About this coordinate

Leviticus 14:29:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Leviticus 14:29, so the Hebrew word יְהוָֽה׃ (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 Lev.14.29.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.14.29.W12.S1) and character.