1 Chronicles 16:27:51 Chr.16.27.W5TAB
וְחֶדְוָ֖ה
vekhedva
“and joy”
- Transliteration
- ve-KHED-va
- Extended
- veh-KHED-vah
- IPA
- /wəħɛdˈwaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and joy
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 | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ve-KHED-va
- phraseyour reading level
OZ ve-KHED-va
- sentence
HOD ve-ha-DAR le-fa-NAV OZ ve-KHED-va bim-kO-mo
Exegesis
The verse exhibits stichic parallelism, pairing hod {הוֹד | hōd} ‘splendor’ with ve-hadar {וְהָדָר | wəhādār} ‘majesty’, and oz {עֹז | ʿōz} with ve-khedvah {וְחֶדְוָה | wəḥedwāh} ‘joy’. The coordinated vav-conjunctions accumulate each attribute.
Root and etymology
RootChet–Dalet–Waw
“joy, gladness”
In context — 1 Chronicles 16:27
Splendor and majesty are before Him ; strength and joy are in His place .
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 16:27:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Chronicles 16:27, so the Hebrew word וְחֶדְוָ֖ה (vekhedva) 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.16.27.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.16.27.W5.S1) and character.