Genesis 17:1:8Gen.17.1.W8PAT
יְהוָ֜ה
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-RA Ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-ye-RA Ye-ho-VAH el-av-RAM va-yo-MER e-LAV a-ni-EL shad-DAI hit-ha-LEKH le-fa-NAI ve-he-YE ta-MIM
- sentence
va-ye-HI av-RAM ben-ti-she-IM sha-NA ve-TE-sha sha-NIM va-ye-RA Ye-ho-VAH el-av-RAM va-yo-MER e-LAV a-ni-EL shad-DAI hit-ha-LEKH le-fa-NAI ve-he-YE ta-MIM
In context — Genesis 17:1
Abram was son of ninety year and nine years LORD appeared to Abram said to him I am God Almighty walk before me be blameless
About this coordinate
Genesis 17:1:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 17:1, so the Hebrew word יְהוָ֜ה (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.17.1.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.17.1.W8.S1) and character.