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
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
Ye-ho-VAH
- phraseyour reading level
va-yed-da-BER Ye-ho-VAH
- 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 context — Leviticus 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.