Leviticus 20:26:7Lev.20.26.W7TAB
יְהוָ֑ה
yehovah
“LORD”
- Transliteration
- Ye-ho-VAH
- Extended
- Yeh-ho-VAH
- IPA
- /jə.ho.ˈvaː/
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
- phraseyour reading level
a-NI Ye-ho-VAH
- clause
vih-YEE-tem LI keh-doh-SHIM KI ka-DOSH a-NI Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
vih-YEE-tem LI keh-doh-SHIM KI ka-DOSH a-NI Ye-ho-VAH va-av-DIL et-KHEM min-ha-a-MIM lih-YOT LI
Exegesis
The conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} introduces a causal clause that parallels divine character in the emphatic verbless statement kadosh ani YHWH {קָד֖וֹשׁ אֲנִ֣י יְהוָ֑ה | qādôš ʾănî Yəhōwāh}.
Root and etymology
h-w-hhe-waw-he
“to be, to exist”
In context — Leviticus 20:26
And you shall be holy to Me, for I, the LORD , am holy; and I have set you apart from the nations, to be Mine.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 20:26:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Leviticus 20:26, 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.20.26.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.20.26.W7.S1) and character.