Leviticus 23:20:9Lev.23.20.W9TAB

יְהוָ֔ה

yehovah

LORD

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

Meaning by language

English
LORD

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Result
יְ + ה + וָ֔ה
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

    lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH

  3. clause

    ve-he-NIF ha-ko-HEN o-TAM AL LE-khem ha-bi-ku-RIM te-nu-FA lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH al-SHNEI ke-va-SIM

  4. sentence

    ve-he-NIF ha-ko-HEN o-TAM AL LE-khem ha-bi-ku-RIM te-nu-FA lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH al-SHNEI ke-va-SIM KO-desh yih-YU la-ye-ho-VAH la-ko-HEN

Exegesis

The noun tenupah {תְּנוּפָה֙ | tə-nû-p̄āh} ‘wave offering’ precedes lifnei YHWH {לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה | li-p̄nê Yə-hō-wāh} ‘before the LORD’, highlighting the liturgical gesture directed toward the divine.

Root and etymology

ה-ו-ה

to be, exist

In contextLeviticus 23:20

And the priest shall wave them with the bread of the firstfruits, with the two lambs, before the LORD as a wave offering. They shall be holy to the LORD for the priest.

About this coordinate

Leviticus 23:20:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Leviticus 23:20, so the Hebrew word יְהוָ֔ה (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.23.20.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.23.20.W9.S1) and character.