Ruth 4:12:11Ruth.4.12.W11PAT

יְהוָה֙

yehovah

LORD

Transliteration
Ye-ho-VAH
Extended
Yeh-ho-VAH
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

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Result
יְ + ה + וָה֙
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. phraseyour reading level

    a-SHER yit-TEN Ye-ho-VAH

  3. clause

    min-ha-ZE-rah a-SHER yit-TEN Ye-ho-VAH le-KHA min-ha-na-a-RA ha-ZOT

  4. sentence

    vi-HI veet-KHA ke-VEET PE-rets a-SHER-yal-DA ta-MAR lee-ye-HOO-DA min-ha-ZE-rah a-SHER yit-TEN Ye-ho-VAH le-KHA min-ha-na-a-RA ha-ZOT

In contextRuth 4:12

and may it be your house like the house of Perez who bore Tamar to Judah from the offspring which will give LORD to you from the young woman this

About this coordinate

Ruth 4:12:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Ruth 4:12, so the Hebrew word יְהוָה֙ (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 Ruth.4.12.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Ruth.4.12.W11.S1) and character.