Numbers 14:13:3Num.14.13.W3TAB
אֶל־יְהוָ֑ה
elyehovah
“to the LORD”
- Transliteration
- el-ye-ho-VAH
- Extended
- el-yeh-ho-VAH
- IPA
- /ʔel.jəhoˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the LORD
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
el-ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-yo-MER mo-SHEH el-ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-yo-MER mo-SHEH el-ye-ho-VAH ve-sham-U mits-RA-yim ki-he-e-li-TA be-kho-ha-KHA et-ha-AM ha-ZEH mi-keer-VO
Exegesis
The subject Mosheh precedes the prepositional address el-YHWH {אֶל־יְהוָה | ʾel-Yəhôwāh} ‘to the LORD’, highlighting the addressee.
Root and etymology
ה־י־ה
“to be, exist”
In context — Numbers 14:13
And Moses said to the LORD , “The Egyptians will hear, for You have brought up this people by Your power from their midst.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 14:13:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 14:13, so the Hebrew word אֶל־יְהוָ֑ה (elyehovah) 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 Num.14.13.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.13.W3.S1) and character.