Exodus 8:20:2Exod.8.20.W2PATWLC Exodus 8:16

יְהוָ֜ה

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 + וָ֜ה
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

    va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH

  3. clause

    va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH el-mo-SHEH hash-KEM bab-BO-ker ve-hit-ya-TSEV lif-NEI par-OH hi-NEH yo-TSE ham-MAI-ma

  4. sentence

    va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH el-mo-SHEH hash-KEM bab-BO-ker ve-hit-ya-TSEV lif-NEI par-OH hi-NEH yo-TSE ham-MAI-ma ve-a-MAR-ta e-LAV KOH a-MAR Ye-ho-VAH shal-LAKH am-MI ve-ya-av-DU-ni

In contextExodus 8:20

and he said LORD to Moses rise early in the morning and station yourself before Pharaoh behold he is going out to the water and you shall say to him thus says LORD let go my people that they may serve me

About this coordinate

Exodus 8:20:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Exodus 8:20, 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 Exod.8.20.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.8.20.W2.S1) and character.