Numbers 3:40:2Num.3.40.W2TAB
יְהוָ֜ה
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 pe-KOD kol-be-KHOR za-KHAR liv-NEI yis-ra-EL mi-BEN-KHO-desh va-MA-la
- sentence
va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH el-MO-sheh pe-KOD kol-be-KHOR za-KHAR liv-NEI yis-ra-EL mi-BEN-KHO-desh va-MA-la ve-SA ET mis-PAR she-mo-TAM
Root and etymology
heh–vav–hehh–w–h
“to exist”
In context — Numbers 3:40
And the LORD said to Moses, “Count all the firstborn male children of Israel who are one month old or older, and record the number of their names .”
About this coordinate
Numbers 3:40:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 3:40, so the Hebrew word יְהוָ֜ה (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.3.40.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.3.40.W2.S1) and character.