Genesis 11:8:2Gen.11.8.W2PAT
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
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-ya-FETS Ye-ho-VAH o-TAM
- clause
va-ya-FETS Ye-ho-VAH o-TAM mi-SHAM al-pe-NEI khol-ha-A-rets
- sentence
va-ya-FETS Ye-ho-VAH o-TAM mi-SHAM al-pe-NEI khol-ha-A-rets va-yakh-de-LU li-ve-NOT ha-IR
In context — Genesis 11:8
LORD scattered them from there over the surface of all the earth they ceased to build the city
About this coordinate
Genesis 11:8:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Genesis 11:8, 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 Gen.11.8.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.11.8.W2.S1) and character.