Leviticus 21:16:2Lev.21.16.W2TAB

יְהוָ֖ה

yehovah

LORD

Transliteration
Ye-ho-VAH
Extended
Yeh-ho-VAH
IPA
/jəhoˈvaː/

Meaning by language

English
LORD

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Result
יְ + ה + וָ֖ה
ye + ho + vah
yehovah

Alphabet Analysis

Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    Ye-ho-VAH

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-ye-da-BER Ye-ho-VAH

  3. sentence

    va-ye-da-BER Ye-ho-VAH el-mo-SHEH le-MOR

Exegesis

The divine name YHWH {יְהוָ֖ה | Yə·hō·wāh} serves as the speaker, and the preposition el {אֶל־ | ʾel} governs Mosheh {מֹשֶׁ֥ה | mō·šê} as the addressee.

Root and etymology

h-y-hheh-yod-heh

to be, to exist

In contextLeviticus 21:16

And the LORD spoke to Moses , saying,

About this coordinate

Leviticus 21:16:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Leviticus 21:16, so the Hebrew word יְהוָ֖ה (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.21.16.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.21.16.W2.S1) and character.