Numbers 23:12:7Num.23.12.W7TAB

יְהוָה֙

yehovah

LORD

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

Meaning by language

English
LORD

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Result
יְ + ה + וָה֙
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. phraseyour reading level

    ET a-SHER ya-SIM Ye-ho-VAH

  3. clause

    ha-LO ET a-SHER ya-SIM Ye-ho-VAH be-FI o-TO esh-MOR le-da-BER

  4. sentence

    va-YA-an va-yo-MAR ha-LO ET a-SHER ya-SIM Ye-ho-VAH be-FI o-TO esh-MOR le-da-BER

Exegesis

The relative clause ’ăšer yāśîm YHWH bĕ-pî {אֲשֶׁ֨ר יָשִׂ֤ם יְהוָה֙ בְּפִ֔י} ‘that the LORD puts in my mouth’ foregrounds divine agency in prophetic speech.

Root and etymology

h-y-hheh-yod-heh

to be, exist

In contextNumbers 23:12

And he answered and said, “Is it not what the LORD puts in my mouth that I must guard faithfully to speak?”

About this coordinate

Numbers 23:12:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Numbers 23:12, 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.23.12.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.23.12.W7.S1) and character.