Numbers 20:23:2Num.20.23.W2TAB
יְהוָ֛ה
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 ve-el-a-ha-RON be-HOR ha-HAR
- sentence
va-yo-MER Ye-ho-VAH el-MO-sheh ve-el-a-ha-RON be-HOR ha-HAR al-ge-VUL E-retz-e-DOM le-MOR
Root and etymology
Rootheth-waw-heth
“to be, to exist”
In context — Numbers 20:23
And the LORD said to Moses and to Aaron at Mount Hor, on the border of the land of Edom , saying,
About this coordinate
Numbers 20:23:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 20:23, so the Hebrew word יְהוָ֛ה (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.20.23.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.20.23.W2.S1) and character.