Leviticus 17:5:21Lev.17.5.W21TAB
לַֽיהוָ֖ה
layehovah
“to the LORD”
- Transliteration
- la-ye-ho-VAH
- Extended
- lah-yeh-ho-VAH
- IPA
- /la.jəhoˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to 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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The word
Word in context
- word
la-ye-ho-VAH
- clause
veh-zav-KHOO ziv-KHEI she-la-MIM la-ye-ho-VAH o-TAM
- sentence
le-MA-an a-SHER ya-VEE-u be-NEI yis-ra-EL et-ziv-khei-HEM a-SHER HEM zov-KHEEM al-pe-NEI ha-sa-DEH veh-heh-vee-OOM la-ye-ho-VAH el-PE-takh O-hel mo-ED el-ha-ko-HEN veh-zav-KHOO ziv-KHEI she-la-MIM la-ye-ho-VAH o-TAM
Exegesis
The vav-consecutive ve-hevium {וֶהֱבִיאֻם | wᵊ-hĕ-bî-’ûm} ‘and bring them’ continues with a sequence of prepositional phrases—laYHWH {לַיהוָה | la-YH-WH} ‘to the LORD’, el-petach {אֶל־פֶּתַח | ’el·pe-ṭaḥ} ‘to the entrance of’, ohel moed {אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד | ’ō-hel mō-’êd} ‘tent of meeting’, el-ha-kohen {אֶל־הַכֹּהֵן | ’el·ha·kō-hên} ‘to the priest’—that structure the proper path for worship.
The vav-consecutive ve-zavchu {וְזָבְחוּ | wᵊ-zā-vḥû} ‘and they shall sacrifice’ directs the offerings as zivchei shelamim {זִבְחֵי שְׁלָמִים | ziv-ḥê·šə-lā-mîm} ‘sacrifices of peace offerings’ once more to laYHWH {לַיהוָה | la-YH-WH}, emphasizing exclusive centralized worship at the appointed place under priestly mediation.
Root and etymology
h-w-hheth-vav-heth
“to be, exist”
In context — Leviticus 17:5
So that the sons of Israel may bring the sacrifices they offer in the open field to the LORD at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting to the priest, and sacrifice peace offerings to the LORD.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 17:5:21 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 21 of Leviticus 17:5, so the Hebrew word לַֽיהוָ֖ה (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.17.5.W21, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.17.5.W21.S1) and character.