בַּ/יהוָ֖ה

𐤁/𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄

bayhvah

against YHWH

from הָיָה; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God; Jehovah, the Lord. Compare יָהּ, יְהֹוִה.

Nyambe "The actual name of" (Lozi)

H3068

Numbers 31:16 · Word #10

Lexicon H3068

Lemmaיְהֹוָה
Lemma (Paleo)𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄
TransliterationYᵉhôvâh
Strong'sH3068
In-contextagainst YHWH

Morphology HR/Np All morphology codes

Part of Speech N — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea
Subtype p — Proper Name — Proper name

SIBI-P1 H3068-02

in the Self-Existent One

Morphological NotesThe form בַּֽ/יהוָה consists of the preposition בְ (b-, 'in') with the definite article assimilated, attached to the proper noun יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh). The morphology code HR/Np indicates a Hebrew preposition (HR) attached to a proper noun (Np). The word appears 92 times in the corpus with consistent morphological structure across multiple surface forms showing minor vowel pointing variations.
Rendering RationaleThe root היה (h-y-h) means 'to be' or 'to exist,' and the divine name יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh) derives from this root, expressing God's eternal, self-existent nature. The morphology HR/Np indicates a proper noun (Np) with the preposition בְ (b-, 'in'), so the rendering preserves both the root's existential meaning and the prepositional construction. This reflects the theological significance of the name as denoting God's absolute being and eternal existence.

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AI-generated (perplexity/sonar-pro)

Words from Root היה (to be, to exist, to become, to happen, to occur, to remain, to endure)

SILEX Code Transliteration SIBI-P1
H3068-01 bayhovah in-the-Self-Existent-One
H3050-01 beyah in Yah
H1961-01 biheyot in-being

Word Usage (6521 occurrences of H3068)

Location Form Transliteration Meaning
Genesis 2:4 יְהוָ֥ה yehvah YHWH
Genesis 2:5 יְהוָ֤ה yehvah YHWH
Genesis 2:7 יְהוָ֨ה yehvah YHWH

Bantu Hebrew

בַּ/יהוָ֖ה (Yᵉhôvâh) — from הָיָה; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God; Jehovah, the Lord. Compare יָהּ, יְהֹוִה.

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Word Meaning Language
Nyambe The actual name of Lozi
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