Genesis 8:20:4Gen.8.20.W4PAT
לֽ͏ַיהוָ֑ה
layehovah
“for the LORD”
- Transliteration
- la-ye-ho-VAH
- Extended
- lah-yeh-ho-VAH
- IPA
- /la.jə.ho.ˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- for the LORD
- French
- pour le SEIGNEUR
- Spanish
- para el SEÑOR
- Portuguese
- para o SENHOR
- German
- für den HERRN
- Russian
- ГОСПОДУ
- Arabic-Simplified
- لِلرَّبّ
- Hindi
- यहोवा के लिए
- Chinese-Simplified
- 给耶和华
- Korean
- 여호와께
- Indonesian
- kepada TUHAN
- Bengali
- প্রভুর জন্য
- Tagalog
- para sa PANGINOON
- Swahili
- kwa BWANA
- Amharic
- ለእግዚአብሔር
- Yoruba
- fún OLUWA
- Igbo
- nye ONYENWE ANYỊ
- Twi
- ma AWURADE
- Ewe
- na YEHOWA
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| 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
la-ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-yi-VEN NO-akh miz-BE-akh la-ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-yi-VEN NO-akh miz-BE-akh la-ye-ho-VAH va-yi-KAKH mi-KOL ha-be-he-MAH hat-te-ho-RAH u-mi-KOL ha-OF hat-ta-HOR va-ya-AL o-LOT bam-miz-BE-akh
In context — Genesis 8:20
Noah constructed an altar for the LORD took from each pure animal and from each pure bird raised up burnt offerings upon the altar
About this coordinate
Genesis 8:20:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 8:20, so the Hebrew word לֽ͏ַיהוָ֑ה (layehovah) 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.8.20.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.8.20.W4.S1) and character.