Genesis 2:16:2Gen.2.16.W2PAT
יְהוָ֣ה
yehovah
“LORD”
- Transliteration
- Ye-ho-VAH
- Extended
- Yeh-ho-VAAH
- IPA
- /jəhoˈvaː/
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
Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HIM
- clause
va-ye-TSAV Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HIM al-ha-a-DAM le-a-MOR
- sentence
va-ye-TSAV Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HIM al-ha-a-DAM le-a-MOR mi-KOL ets-ha-GAN a-KHOL to-KHEL
In context — Genesis 2:16
LORD God {And He} commanded the man saying freely you may eat from every tree of the garden
About this coordinate
Genesis 2:16:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Genesis 2:16, so the Hebrew word יְהוָ֣ה (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.2.16.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.2.16.W2.S1) and character.