Genesis 12:8:14Gen.12.8.W14PAT
לֽ͏ַיהוָ֔ה
layehovah
“to the LORD”
- Transliteration
- la-ye-ho-VAH
- Extended
- lah-yeh-ho-VAH
- IPA
- /la.jə.ho.ˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the LORD
- French
- au SEIGNEUR
- Spanish
- al SEÑOR
- Portuguese
- ao SENHOR
- German
- für den HERRN
- Russian
- ГОСПОДУ
- Arabic-Simplified
- لِلرَّبِّ
- Hindi
- यहोवा के लिये
- Chinese-Simplified
- 向耶和华
- Korean
- 여호와께
- Indonesian
- kepada TUHAN
- Bengali
- প্রভুর উদ্দেশে
- Tagalog
- sa PANGINOON
- Swahili
- kwa BWANA
- Amharic
- ለእግዚአብሔር
- Yoruba
- sí OLUWA
- Igbo
- nye ONYENWE ANYỊ
- Twi
- maa AWURADE
- Ewe
- na YEHOWA
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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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The word
Word in context
- word
la-ye-ho-VAH
- clause
beit-EL mi-YAM ve-ha-AI mi-KE-dem va-yi-ven-SHAM miz-BE-akh la-ye-ho-VAH va-yik-RA be-SHEM Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-ya-TEK mi-SHAM ha-ha-RA mi-KE-dem le-veit-EL va-YET a-ho-LO beit-EL mi-YAM ve-ha-AI mi-KE-dem va-yi-ven-SHAM miz-BE-akh la-ye-ho-VAH va-yik-RA be-SHEM Ye-ho-VAH
In context — Genesis 12:8
from there he moved on to the hill country east of Bethel he pitched his tent Bethel on the west and Ai on the east he built there an altar to the LORD he called on the name of LORD
About this coordinate
Genesis 12:8:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Genesis 12:8, so the Hebrew word לֽ͏ַיהוָ֔ה (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 Gen.12.8.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.12.8.W14.S1) and character.