Genesis 18:17:1Gen.18.17.W1PAT
וַֽיהֹוָ֖ה
vayehovah
“and the LORD”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-ho-VAH
- Extended
- vah-yeh-hoh-VAH
- IPA
- /va.jə.ho.ˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the LORD
- French
- et le SEIGNEUR
- Spanish
- y el SEÑOR
- Portuguese
- e o SENHOR
- German
- und der HERR
- Russian
- и ГОСПОДЬ
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَالرَّبّ
- Hindi
- और यहोवा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 于是耶和华
- Korean
- 그리고 여호와
- Indonesian
- dan TUHAN
- Bengali
- আর প্রভু
- Tagalog
- at PANGINOON
- Swahili
- na BWANA
- Amharic
- እና እግዚአብሔር
- Yoruba
- ati OLUWA
- Igbo
- na ONYENWE ANYỊ
- Twi
- na AWURADE
- Ewe
- eye YEHOWA
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
וַֽ + י + הֹ + וָ֖ה
↓
va + ye + ho + vah
↓
vayehovah
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| 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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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-ye-ho-VAH a-MAR
- sentence
va-ye-ho-VAH a-MAR ha-me-khas-SE a-NI me-av-ra-HAM a-SHER a-NI o-SE
In context — Genesis 18:17
and the LORD said hide I from Abraham what I am doing
About this coordinate
Genesis 18:17:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 18:17, so the Hebrew word וַֽיהֹוָ֖ה (vayehovah) 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.18.17.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.18.17.W1.S1) and character.