Genesis 24:40:3Gen.24.40.W3PAT

יְהוָ֞ה

yehovah

LORD

Transliteration
Ye-ho-VAH
Extended
Yeh-ho-VAH
IPA
/jəhoˈvaː/

Meaning by language

English
LORD
French
SEIGNEUR
Spanish
SEÑOR
Russian
ГОСПОДЬ
Arabic-Simplified
الرَّبّ
Hindi
यहोवा
Chinese-Simplified
耶和华
Swahili
BWANA
Twi
AWURADE

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Result
יְ + ה + וָ֞ה
ye + ho + vah
yehovah

Alphabet Analysis

Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    Ye-ho-VAH

  2. clause

    Ye-ho-VAH a-SHER-hi-te-hal-LAKH-e-ti le-fa-NAV yi-she-LAKH ma-le-a-KHO it-TAKH ve-hi-tse-LI-akh da-re-KE-kha ve-la-ka-khe-TA i-SHA li-ve-NI mi-mi-she-pa-khe-TI u-mi-BEIT a-VI

  3. sentence

    va-YO-mer e-LAI Ye-ho-VAH a-SHER-hi-te-hal-LAKH-e-ti le-fa-NAV yi-she-LAKH ma-le-a-KHO it-TAKH ve-hi-tse-LI-akh da-re-KE-kha ve-la-ka-khe-TA i-SHA li-ve-NI mi-mi-she-pa-khe-TI u-mi-BEIT a-VI

In contextGenesis 24:40

and he said to me LORD before whom I have walked before him will send his angel with you and will make successful your way and you shall take a wife for my son from my clan and from the house of my father

About this coordinate

Genesis 24:40:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 24:40, so the Hebrew word יְהוָ֞ה (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.24.40.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.24.40.W3.S1) and character.