Numbers 16:28:5Num.16.28.W5TAB
כִּי־יְהוָה
kiyehovah
“that the LORD”
- Transliteration
- ki-ye-ho-VAH
- Extended
- kee-yeh-ho-VAH
- IPA
- /kiː.jəhoˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- that the LORD
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
ki-ye-ho-VAH
- phraseyour reading level
te-de-UN ki-ye-ho-VAH she-la-KHA-ni la-a-SOT ET kol-ha-ma-a-SIM ha-e-LEH
- sentence
va-yo-MER mo-SHEH be-ZOT te-de-UN ki-ye-ho-VAH she-la-KHA-ni la-a-SOT ET kol-ha-ma-a-SIM ha-e-LEH ki-LO mi-li-BI
Exegesis
The conjunction kiyehovah {כִּֽי־יְהוָ֣ה | kî-yə-hō-wāh} ‘that the LORD’ introduces the content clause where the perfect shelachani {שְׁלָחַנִי | śə-lā-ḥā-nî} ‘has sent me’ identifies divine agency.
Root and etymology
Rootheh-vav-heh
“to be, to exist”
In context — Numbers 16:28
And Moses said, “By this you will know that the LORD has sent me to do all these works , for it was not from my own heart.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 16:28:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 16:28, so the Hebrew word כִּי־יְהוָה (kiyehovah) 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.16.28.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.28.W5.S1) and character.