Genesis 38:7:9Gen.38.7.W9PAT

יְהוָֽה׃

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

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Result
יְ + ה + וָֽה׃
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

    va-ye-mi-TE-hu Ye-ho-VAH

  3. sentence

    va-ye-HI ER be-KHOR ye-hu-DA RA be-ey-NEI Ye-ho-VAH va-ye-mi-TE-hu Ye-ho-VAH

In contextGenesis 38:7

and it was Er firstborn of Judah evil in the eyes of LORD and he put him to death LORD

About this coordinate

Genesis 38:7:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 38:7, so the Hebrew word יְהוָֽה׃ (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.38.7.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.38.7.W9.S1) and character.