Leviticus 19:12:8Lev.19.12.W8TAB
יְהוָֽה׃
yehovah
“LORD”
- Transliteration
- ye-ho-VAH
- Extended
- yeh-ho-VAH
- IPA
- /jəhoˈvaː/
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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Word in context
- word
ye-ho-VAH
- phraseyour reading level
a-NI ye-ho-VAH
- clause
veh-khi-lal-TA et-SHEM e-lo-HE-kha a-NI ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
veh-loh-ti-sha-veh-OO bish-MI la-SHA-ker veh-khi-lal-TA et-SHEM e-lo-HE-kha a-NI ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The construct form ʾĕ-lō-hê-kā {אֱלֹהֶיךָ | ʾĕ-lō-hê-kā} ‘your God’ indicates possession, and the concluding nominal clause ʾănî Yə-hō-wāh {אֲנִי יְהוָה | ʾănî Yə-hō-wāh} ‘I am the LORD’ asserts divine identity. The English combines the prohibitions into one flowing sentence to reflect parallelism, captures the intensive Piel sense with “profane,” and preserves the emphatic copula.
Root and etymology
h-y-hHeth-Yod-Heth
“to be, to exist”
In context — Leviticus 19:12
And you shall not swear falsely by My name, nor shall you profane the name of your God . I am the LORD .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 19:12:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Leviticus 19:12, so the Hebrew word יְהוָֽה׃ (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.19.12.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.19.12.W8.S1) and character.