Genesis 11:5:2Gen.11.5.W2PAT
יְהוָ֔ה
yehovah
“LORD”
- Transliteration
- Ye-ho-VAH
- Extended
- Yeh-ho-VAH
- IPA
- /jə.ho.ˈvaː/
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
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
va-YE-red Ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-YE-red Ye-ho-VAH li-re-OT et-ha-IR ve-et-ha-mig-DAL
- sentence
va-YE-red Ye-ho-VAH li-re-OT et-ha-IR ve-et-ha-mig-DAL a-SHER ba-NU be-NEI ha-a-DAM
In context — Genesis 11:5
LORD {And} descended to look at the city and the tower which sons of humanity built
About this coordinate
Genesis 11:5:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Genesis 11:5, so the Hebrew word יְהוָ֔ה (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 Gen.11.5.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.11.5.W2.S1) and character.