Zechariah 14:9:8Zech.14.9.W8TAB

יְהוָ֛ה

yehovah

LORD

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

Meaning by language

English
LORD

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Result
יְ + ה + וָ֛ה
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

    yih-ye-YE Ye-ho-VAH

  3. clause

    ba-YOM ha-HU yih-ye-YE Ye-ho-VAH e-KHAD u-she-MO e-KHAD

  4. sentence

    ve-ha-YA Ye-ho-VAH le-ME-lekh al-kol-ha-A-rets ba-YOM ha-HU yih-ye-YE Ye-ho-VAH e-KHAD u-she-MO e-KHAD

Exegesis

The opening vehayah {וְהָיָ֧ה | wə-hā-yāh} ‘and it will be’ signals a prophetic futurity and introduces divine action; the subject yəhōwāh {יְהוָ֛ה | Yə-hō-wāh} occurs twice for rhetorical emphasis.

A chiastic parallel yiḥyēh yəhōwāh ʾeḥāḏ u-šə-mô ʾeḥāḏ {יִהְיֶ֧ה יְהוָ֛ה אֶחָ֖ד וּשְׁמ֥וֹ אֶחָֽד | yiḥyēh Yə-hō-wāh ʾeḥāḏ u-šə-mô ʾeḥāḏ} aligns God’s being with His name to emphasize divine unity.

Root and etymology

Rootheh–yod–heh

to be, exist

In contextZechariah 14:9

And the LORD will be king over all the earth; on that day the LORD will be one and His name one .

About this coordinate

Zechariah 14:9:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Zechariah 14:9, so the Hebrew word יְהוָ֛ה (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.14.9.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Zech.14.9.W8.S1) and character.