Deuteronomy 20:17:11Deut.20.17.W11PAT

יְהוָ֥ה

yehovah

LORD

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

Meaning by language

English
LORD
French
SEIGNEUR
Spanish
SEÑOR
Portuguese
SENHOR
German
HERR
Russian
ГОСПОДЬ
Arabic-Simplified
الرَّبّ
Hindi
यहोवा
Chinese-Simplified
耶和华
Korean
여호와
Indonesian
TUHAN
Bengali
প্রভু
Tagalog
PANGINOON
Swahili
BWANA
Amharic
እግዚአብሔር
Yoruba
OLUWA
Igbo
ONYENWE ANYỊ
Twi
AWURADE
Ewe
YEHOWA

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Result
יְ + ה + וָ֥ה
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

    Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha

  3. clause

    ka-a-SHER tsi-ve-KHA Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha

  4. sentence

    ki-ha-kha-REM ta-kha-REE-MEM ha-khih-TEE veh-hah-eh-mo-REE ha-ke-na-a-NEE veh-hah-peh-ri-ZEE ha-khiv-VEE veh-hah-yeh-boo-SEE ka-a-SHER tsi-ve-KHA Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha

In contextDeuteronomy 20:17

but devote them to destruction the Hittite and the Amorite the Canaanite and the Perizzite the Hivite and the Jebusite as LORD your God has commanded you

About this coordinate

Deuteronomy 20:17:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Deuteronomy 20:17, so the Hebrew word יְהוָ֥ה (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 Deut.20.17.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.20.17.W11.S1) and character.