Numbers 17:13:5Num.17.13.W5TABWLC Numbers 17:28

יְהוָה

yehovah

of the LORD

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

Meaning by language

English
of the LORD

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Result
יְ + ה + וָה
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. sentence

    KOL ha-ka-REV ha-ka-REV el-mish-KAN Ye-ho-VAH ya-MUT ha-IM tam-NU lig-VO-a

Exegesis

The Piel participle hakkarev {הַקָּרֵב | haqqārêv} ‘the one who approaches’ denotes unauthorized movement toward mishkan {מִשְׁכַּן | miš-kān} ‘tabernacle,’ connected in construct to YHWH {יְהוָה | Yəhō-wāh} ‘the LORD.’

Root and etymology

h-y-hheh-yod-heh

to be, exist

In contextNumbers 17:13

Everyone who approaches—who approaches—the tabernacle of the LORD will die. Is it that we have come to our end , to die?

About this coordinate

Numbers 17:13:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 17:13, so the Hebrew word יְהוָה (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.17.13.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.17.13.W5.S1) and character.