Leviticus 19:37:11Lev.19.37.W11TAB
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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The word
Word in context
- word
Ye-ho-VAH
- clause
a-NI Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
u-shmar-TEM ET KOL khu-ko-TAI ve-ET KOL mish-pa-TAI va-a-SEE-TEM o-TAM a-NI Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The closing formula ani {אֲנִי | ʾă-nî} ‘I’ + YHWH {יְהוָה | Yə-hō-wāh} “am the LORD” asserts divine self-identification and authority, grounding these commands in covenantal decree.
Root and etymology
h-y-hHeth-Yod-Heth
“to be, to exist”
In context — Leviticus 19:37
And you shall keep all my statutes and all my ordinances, and you shall carry them out. I am the LORD.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 19:37:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Leviticus 19:37, 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.19.37.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.19.37.W11.S1) and character.