Numbers 21:2:4Num.21.2.W4TAB
לַֽיהוָ֖ה
layehovah
“to the LORD”
- Transliteration
- la-ye-ho-VAH
- Extended
- lah-yeh-ho-VAH
- IPA
- /lajəhovaˈ/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the LORD
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| 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
la-ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-yid-DAR yis-ra-EL NE-der la-ye-ho-VAH va-yo-MAR
- sentence
va-yid-DAR yis-ra-EL NE-der la-ye-ho-VAH va-yo-MAR im-na-TON ti-TEN et-ha-AM ha-ZEH be-ya-DI va-kha-ram-TI et-a-rei-HEM
Exegesis
Neḏer {נֶ֛דֶר | neḏer} ‘vow’ takes the prepositional phrase la-YHWH {לַֽיהוָ֖ה | la-YHWH} ‘to the LORD.’
Root and etymology
Rooth-w-h
“exist”
In context — Numbers 21:2
And Israel made a vow to the LORD and said, “If You will surely give this people into my hand, then I will devote their cities to destruction.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:2:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 21:2, so the Hebrew word לַֽיהוָ֖ה (layehovah) 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.21.2.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.2.W4.S1) and character.