1 Chronicles 15:8:51 Chr.15.8.W5TAB
וְאֶחָ֥יו
veekhav
“and his brothers”
- Transliteration
- ve-e-KHAV
- Extended
- veh-eh-KHAAV
- IPA
- /vəʔɛˈħaːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- and his brothers
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
ve-e-KHAV
- phraseyour reading level
ve-e-KHAV ma-a-TA-yim
- clause
she-ma-YA ha-SAR ve-e-KHAV ma-a-TA-yim
- sentence
liv-NE e-li-tsa-FAN she-ma-YA ha-SAR ve-e-KHAV ma-a-TA-yim
Exegesis
The conjunction ve-echav {וְאֶחָ֥יו | wə-ʾeḥāv} ‘and his brothers’ coordinates his kin group, where the pronominal suffix on echav extends the reference beyond literal siblings.
Root and etymology
Rootʾ-cḥ
“brother”
In context — 1 Chronicles 15:8
To the sons of Elizaphan: Shemaiah the chief and his brothers—two hundred .
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 15:8:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Chronicles 15:8, so the Hebrew word וְאֶחָ֥יו (veekhav) 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 1 Chr.15.8.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.15.8.W5.S1) and character.