Numbers 24:13:18Num.24.13.W18TAB

יְהוָ֖ה

yehovah

LORD

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

Meaning by language

English
LORD

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Result
יְ + ה + וָ֖ה
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

    a-SHER-ye-da-BER Ye-ho-VAH

  3. clause

    a-SHER-ye-da-BER Ye-ho-VAH o-TO a-da-BER

  4. sentence

    im-yi-TEN-li ba-LAK me-LO bei-TO KE-sef ve-za-HAV LO u-KHAL la-a-VOR et-PI Ye-ho-VAH la-a-SOT to-VA O ra-A mi-li-BI a-SHER-ye-da-BER Ye-ho-VAH o-TO a-da-BER

Exegesis

The phrase ʾet-pî YHWH {אֶת־פִּי יְהוָה | ʾet-pî YHWH} ‘the mouth of the LORD’ personifies divine command.

In contextNumbers 24:13

Even if Balak gave me the full contents of his house, silver and gold, I am not able to go beyond the mouth of the LORD to do good or evil from my own heart; what the LORD says, that I will speak.

About this coordinate

Numbers 24:13:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of Numbers 24:13, so the Hebrew word יְהוָ֖ה (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.24.13.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.24.13.W18.S1) and character.