Leviticus 16:9:8Lev.16.9.W8TAB
לַיהוָ֑ה
layehovah
“for the LORD”
- Transliteration
- la-ye-ho-VAH
- Extended
- lah-yeh-ho-VAH
- IPA
- /la.jəhoˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- for the LORD
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| 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
la-ye-ho-VAH
- clause
ve-hik-REEV ah-ha-ROHN et-ha-sa-EER a-SHER ah-LAH ah-LAW ha-go-RAL la-ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
ve-hik-REEV ah-ha-ROHN et-ha-sa-EER a-SHER ah-LAH ah-LAW ha-go-RAL la-ye-ho-VAH ve-ah-sah-HU khat-TAT
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase la-YHWH {לַיהוָה | la-YHWH} ‘to the LORD’ assigns the goat to divine possession.
In context — Leviticus 16:9
And Aaron shall bring near the goat on which the lot fell for the LORD , and he shall make it a sin offering .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 16:9:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Leviticus 16:9, so the Hebrew word לַיהוָ֑ה (layehovah) 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.16.9.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.16.9.W8.S1) and character.