Leviticus 19:21:3Lev.19.21.W3TAB
לַֽיהוָ֔ה
layehhovah
“to the LORD”
- Transliteration
- la-YEH-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-YEH-ho-VAH
- clause
ve-he-VEE et-ah-sha-MO la-YEH-ho-VAH el-PE-takh O-hel mo-ED
- sentence
ve-he-VEE et-ah-sha-MO la-YEH-ho-VAH el-PE-takh O-hel mo-ED EIL a-SHAM
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase laYHWH {לַֽיהוָה | lə-yə-hō-wāh} ‘to the LORD’ is fronted to emphasize the divine recipient.
Root and etymology
h-y-hHeth-Yod-Heth
“to be, to exist”
In context — Leviticus 19:21
And he shall bring his guilt offering to the LORD at the entrance of the tent of meeting, a ram as a guilt offering .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 19:21:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Leviticus 19:21, so the Hebrew word לַֽיהוָ֔ה (layehhovah) 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.19.21.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.19.21.W3.S1) and character.