Numbers 3:39:8Num.3.39.W8TAB
יְהוָ֖ה
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
al-PI Ye-ho-VAH
- clause
KOL-pe-ku-DEI hal-vi-YIM a-SHER pa-KAD mo-SHEH ve-a-ha-RON al-PI Ye-ho-VAH le-mish-pe-KHO-taM
- sentence
KOL-pe-ku-DEI hal-vi-YIM a-SHER pa-KAD mo-SHEH ve-a-ha-RON al-PI Ye-ho-VAH le-mish-pe-KHO-taM KOL-za-KHAR mi-BEN-KHO-desh va-MA-la she-NA-yim ve-es-RIM A-lef
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase alPi YHWH {עַל־פִּי יְהוָה | ’al-pî yᵊ-hō-wāh} ‘by the command of the LORD’ foregrounds divine authority.
Root and etymology
heh–vav–hehh–w–h
“to exist”
In context — Numbers 3:39
All those counted from among the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron numbered by the command of the LORD , by their families, every male from a month old and upward, were twenty-two thousand .
About this coordinate
Numbers 3:39:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Numbers 3:39, 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.3.39.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.3.39.W8.S1) and character.