Zechariah 13:3:16Zech.13.3.W16TAB
יְהוָ֑ה
yehovah
“the LORD”
- Transliteration
- ye-ho-VAH
- Extended
- yeh-ho-VAH
- IPA
- /jəhoˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the 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
be-SHEM ye-ho-VAH
- clause
ve-ha-YA ki-yin-na-VE ISH OD ve-am-RU E-lav a-VIV ve-i-MO yol-DA-v LO tikh-YE KI SHE-ker dib-BAR-ta be-SHEM ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
ve-ha-YA ki-yin-na-VE ISH OD ve-am-RU E-lav a-VIV ve-i-MO yol-DA-v LO tikh-YE KI SHE-ker dib-BAR-ta be-SHEM ye-ho-VAH u-de-ka-RU-hu a-vi-HU ve-i-MO yol-DA-v be-hin-na-VO
Exegesis
The phrase bə-šēm YHWH {בְּשֵׁם יְהוָה | bə-šēm Yə-hō-wāh} ‘in the name of the LORD’ marks the locus of the offense.
In context — Zechariah 13:3
And it will come to pass, when anyone again prophesies, that his father and his mother who bore him shall say to him, “You shall not live, for you have spoken falsehood in the name of the LORD .” And his father and his mother who bore him shall pierce him through as he prophesies.
About this coordinate
Zechariah 13:3:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Zechariah 13:3, so the Hebrew word יְהוָ֑ה (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 Zech.13.3.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Zech.13.3.W16.S1) and character.