{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H3068",
  "lemma": "יְהֹוָה",
  "transliteration": "Yᵉhôvâh",
  "definition": "Jehovah, Jewish national name of God",
  "kjv": "Jehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).",
  "occurrences": 6516,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "builtFrom": [
    {
      "id": "H1961",
      "lemma": "הָיָה",
      "transliteration": "hâyâh",
      "meaning": "to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H1961"
    }
  ],
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "יהוה c. 6823 i.e. יַהְוֶה n.pr.dei Yahweh, the proper name of the God of Israel—(1. MT יְהֹוָה 6518 (Qr אֲדֹנָי), or יֱהֹוִה 305 (Qr אֱלֹהִים) 2. Many recent scholars explain יַהְוֶה as Hiph. of הוה (= היה) the one bringing into being, life-giver)",
    "I. יהוה is not used by E in Gn, but is given Ex 3:12-15 as the name of the God who revealed Himself to Moses at Horeb",
    "1. יהוה is used with אלהים and suffixes, especially in D",
    "2. the phrase † אֲנִי יהוה is noteworthy",
    "3. יהוה is also used with several predicates, to form sacred names of holy places of Yahweh"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 2:4",
      "text": "This is the history of the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/2?v=4"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 2:5",
      "text": "No plant of the field was yet in the earth, and no herb of the field had yet sprung up; for the LORD God had not caused…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/2?v=5"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 2:7",
      "text": "The LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/2?v=7"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 2:8",
      "text": "The LORD God planted a garden eastward, in Eden, and there he put the man whom he had formed.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/2?v=8"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 2:9",
      "text": "Out of the ground the LORD God made every tree to grow that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food, including the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/2?v=9"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 2:15",
      "text": "The LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/2?v=15"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 2:16",
      "text": "The LORD God commanded the man, saying, “You may freely eat of every tree of the garden;",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/2?v=16"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 2:18",
      "text": "The LORD God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make him a helper comparable to him.”",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/2?v=18"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 2:19",
      "text": "Out of the ground the LORD God formed every animal of the field, and every bird of the sky, and brought them to the man…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/2?v=19"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 2:21",
      "text": "The LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep. As the man slept, he took one of his ribs, and closed up the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/2?v=21"
    }
  ],
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