Genesis 12:8:17Gen.12.8.W17PAT

יְהוָֽה׃

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: HERRN
Russian: ГОСПОДА
Arabic-Simplified: الرَّبِّ
Hindi: यहोवा के
Chinese-Simplified: 耶和华的
Korean: 여호와의
Indonesian: TUHAN
Bengali: প্রভুর
Tagalog: PANGINOON
Swahili: BWANA
Amharic: የእግዚአብሔር
Yoruba: OLUWA
Igbo: ONYENWE ANYỊ
Twi: AWURADE
Ewe: YEHOWA

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Result

יְ + ה + וָֽה׃

↓

ye + ho + vah

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yehovah

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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Word in context

word
Ye-ho-VAH
phraseyour reading level
be-SHEM 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 12:8:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Genesis 12:8, so the Hebrew word יְהוָֽה׃ (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.12.8.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.12.8.W17.S1) and character.

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