Leviticus 22:15:8Lev.22.15.W8TAB

לַיהוָֽה׃

layehovah

to the LORD

Transliteration
la-ye-ho-VAH
Extended
lah-yeh-ho-VAH
IPA
/la.jə.hoˈvaː/

Meaning by language

English
to the LORD

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
לַ + י + ה + וָֽה׃
la + ye + ho + vah
layehovah

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
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

    la-ye-ho-VAH

  2. clause

    ET a-SHER-ya-RI-mu la-ye-ho-VAH

  3. sentence

    ve-LO ye-khal-le-LU et-kohd-SHEI be-NEI yis-ra-EL ET a-SHER-ya-RI-mu la-ye-ho-VAH

Exegesis

The relative clause asher-yarimu {אֲשֶׁר־יָרִ֖ימוּ | ʾă-šer-yā-rî-mû} ‘which they lift up’ modifies “holy things,” and the preposition la-YHWH {לַיהוָֽה | la-yə-hō-wāh} ‘to the LORD’ marks the goal of the offerings. The construct chain and relative clause structure have been rendered in English with a subordinate clause to preserve the Hebrew relational flow.

Root and etymology

to be, exist

In contextLeviticus 22:15

And they shall not profane the holy things of the sons of Israel, those which they lift up as offerings to the LORD .

About this coordinate

Leviticus 22:15:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Leviticus 22:15, so the Hebrew word לַיהוָֽה׃ (layehovah) 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.22.15.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.22.15.W8.S1) and character.