Leviticus 22:8:7Lev.22.8.W7TAB
יְהוָֽה׃
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
- clause
a-NI Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
ne-ve-LAH oo-treh-FA LO yo-a-KHAL leh-tah-me-ah-VAH a-NI Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The clause ʾani {אֲנִי | ˀă-nî} YHWH {יְהוָה | Yə-hō-wāh} ‘I am the LORD’ serves as the authoritative divine self-identification that concludes the command. The placement of the prohibition immediately before the consequence underscores a cause–result relationship, and the concluding divine title reinforces covenantal authority over purity regulations.
Root and etymology
h-w-hhe-waw-he
“to be, exist”
In context — Leviticus 22:8
He must not eat a carcass or a torn animal, so as not to become unclean by it. I am the LORD .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 22:8:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Leviticus 22:8, 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.22.8.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.22.8.W7.S1) and character.