Numbers 15:35:2Num.15.35.W2TAB
יְהוָה֙
yehovah
“LORD”
- Transliteration
- Ye-ho-VAH
- Extended
- Yeh-ho-VAH
- IPA
- /jəhoˈvaː/
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
- phraseyour reading level
va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH el-MO-sheh MOT yu-MAT ha-ISH
- sentence
va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH el-MO-sheh MOT yu-MAT ha-ISH ra-GOM o-TO ba-a-va-NIM kol-ha-e-DAH mi-KHUTS la-ma-KHA-neh
Exegesis
The verse opens with vayomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | vā-yō-mer} ‘and he said’, introducing a divine utterance by YHWH {יְהוָה | Yə-hō-wāh}.
Root and etymology
h-w-hh-w-h
“to be, exist”
In context — Numbers 15:35
And the LORD said to Moses, “The man must surely be put to death ; the whole congregation shall stone him with stones outside the camp.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 15:35:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 15:35, so the Hebrew word יְהוָה֙ (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 Num.15.35.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.15.35.W2.S1) and character.