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Psalms 140:8
“Grant not, O Lord, the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked device; lest they exalt themselves. Selah.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
יְהֹוִהYᵉhôvih · yeh-ho-vee'
H3069 · Hebrew
H3069 · Hebrew
- Definition
- {YHWH}
- Derivation
- a variation of H3068 (יְהֹוָה) (used after H136 (אֲדֹנָי), and pronounced by Jews as H430 (אֱלֹהִים), in order to prevent the repetition of the same sound, since they elsewhere pronounce H3068 (יְהֹוָה) as H136 (אֲדֹנָי))
- KJV renderings
- God.
- Grammar
- יְהֹוִ֣ה — proper noun
- Usage
- Occurs 306 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 15:2Genesis 15:8Deuteronomy 3:24Deuteronomy 9:26Joshua 7:7
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read יְהֹוִה here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.