Leviticus 15:1:2Lev.15.1.W2TAB

יְהוָ֔ה

yehovah

LORD

Transliteration
Ye-ho-VAH
Extended
Yeh-ho-VAH
IPA
/jə.ho.ˈvaː/

Meaning by language

English
LORD

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Result
יְ + ה + וָ֔ה
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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Vowels (Niqqud)

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The word

Word in context

  1. word

    Ye-ho-VAH

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-yed-da-BER Ye-ho-VAH

  3. sentence

    va-yed-da-BER Ye-ho-VAH ehl-mo-SHEH veh-ehl-ah-ha-RON leh-MOR

Exegesis

The subject YHWH {יְהוָ֔ה | Yə-hō-wāh} follows to emphasize the source of the command.

Root and etymology

ה־ו־הheh-vav-heh

to exist

In contextLeviticus 15:1

And the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

About this coordinate

Leviticus 15:1:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Leviticus 15:1, so the Hebrew word יְהוָ֔ה (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.15.1.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.15.1.W2.S1) and character.