Leviticus 17:4:11Lev.17.4.W11TAB

יְהוָ֑ה

yehovah

LORD

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

Meaning by language

English
LORD

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Result
יְ + ה + וָ֑ה
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

    mish-KAN Ye-ho-VAH

  3. clause

    veh-el-PE-takh OH-hel mo-ED LO he-VEE-O leh-hak-REEV kor-BAN la-ye-ho-VAH lif-NEH mish-KAN Ye-ho-VAH

  4. sentence

    veh-el-PE-takh OH-hel mo-ED LO he-VEE-O leh-hak-REEV kor-BAN la-ye-ho-VAH lif-NEH mish-KAN Ye-ho-VAH DAM yeh-kha-SHEV la-EESH ha-HU DAM sha-FAKH veh-niKH-RAT ha-EESH ha-HU mik-KE-rev am-MO

Exegesis

The phrase laYHWH lifnei mishkan YHWH {לַיהוָה לִפְנֵי מִשְׁכַּן יְהוָה | la-Yə-hō-wāh lî-pə-nê miš-kān Yə-hō-wāh} ‘to the LORD before the tabernacle of the LORD’ centralizes worship under divine authority.

Root and etymology

h-w-hheth-vav-heth

to be, exist

In contextLeviticus 17:4

If he does not bring it to the entrance of the tent of meeting in order to offer a sacrifice to the LORD before the tabernacle of the LORD, bloodguilt shall be imputed to that man ; he has shed blood, and that man shall be cut off from among his people.

About this coordinate

Leviticus 17:4:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Leviticus 17:4, so the Hebrew word יְהוָ֑ה (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.17.4.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.17.4.W11.S1) and character.