Deuteronomy 12:4:3Deut.12.4.W3PAT
לַיהוָ֣ה
layehovah
“to the LORD”
- Transliteration
- la-ye-ho-VAH
- Extended
- lah-yeh-ho-VAH
- IPA
- /la.jəhoˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the LORD
- French
- au SEIGNEUR
- Spanish
- al SEÑOR
- Portuguese
- ao SENHOR
- German
- zum HERRN
- Russian
- к ГОСПОДУ
- Arabic-Simplified
- إلى الرَّبّ
- Hindi
- यहोवा के पास
- Chinese-Simplified
- 向耶和华
- Korean
- 주께
- Indonesian
- kepada TUHAN
- Bengali
- প্রভুর কাছে
- Tagalog
- sa PANGINOON
- Swahili
- kwa BWANA
- Amharic
- ወደ እግዚአብሔር
- Yoruba
- sí OLUWA
- Igbo
- n’ebe ONYENWE ANYỊ
- Twi
- AWURADE no nkyɛn
- Ewe
- ɖe YEHOWA dzi
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
לַ + י + ה + וָ֣ה
↓
la + ye + ho + vah
↓
layehovah
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| 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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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
la-ye-ho-VAH
- phraseyour reading level
la-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEE-khem
- sentence
lo-ta-a-SOON KEN la-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEE-khem
In context — Deuteronomy 12:4
do not do to the LORD your God thus
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 12:4:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Deuteronomy 12:4, so the Hebrew word לַיהוָ֣ה (layehovah) 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 Deut.12.4.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.12.4.W3.S1) and character.