Genesis 16:2:6Gen.16.2.W6PAT
יְהוָה֙
yehovah
“LORD”
- Transliteration
- Ye-ho-VAH
- Extended
- Yeh-ho-VAH
- IPA
- /jə.hoˈvaː/
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
a-tsa-RA-ni Ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-to-MER sa-RAI el-av-RAM hin-neh-NA a-tsa-RA-ni Ye-ho-VAH mil-LE-det bo-NA el-shif-KHA-ti u-LAI ib-ba-NEH mim-MEN-na
- sentence
va-to-MER sa-RAI el-av-RAM hin-neh-NA a-tsa-RA-ni Ye-ho-VAH mil-LE-det bo-NA el-shif-KHA-ti u-LAI ib-ba-NEH mim-MEN-na va-yish-MA av-RAM le-KOL sa-RAI
In context — Genesis 16:2
Sarai said to Abram look now LORD has restrained me from childbearing go in please to my maidservant perhaps I will be built up through her Abram listened to the voice of Sarai
About this coordinate
Genesis 16:2:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 16:2, so the Hebrew word יְהוָה֙ (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.16.2.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.16.2.W6.S1) and character.