1 Kings 14:5:201 Kgs.14.5.W20TAB
וְהִ֖יא
vehi
“and she”
- Transliteration
- ve-hi
- Extended
- veh-hih
- IPA
- /vəhˈiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and she
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 | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-hi
- clause
vi-ye-HI khe-vo-A ve-hi mit-na-ke-RA
- sentence
va-ye-ho-VAH a-MAR el-a-khi-YA-hu hin-NE E-shet ya-rav-AM ba-A lid-ROSH da-VAR me-im-ME-kha el-be-NA ki-kho-LE HU ka-ZO ve-kha-ZE te-dab-BER e-LE-ha vi-ye-HI khe-vo-A ve-hi mit-na-ke-RA
Exegesis
The closing clause vayhi kevoah vehi mitnakkerah {וִיהִ֣י כְבֹאָ֔הּ וְהִ֖יא מִתְנַכֵּרָֽה | wîhî • kə̆ḇōʼāh • wə-hîʼ • mitnakkērāh} links her entrance with intentional self-disguise via the hitpael stem.
In context — 1 Kings 14:5
The LORD said to Ahijah, “Behold, the wife of Jeroboam is coming to inquire of you about her son, for he is ill; thus and thus you shall say to her. And it shall be, when she comes in, that she will disguise herself.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 14:5:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of 1 Kings 14:5, so the Hebrew word וְהִ֖יא (vehi) 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 Kgs.14.5.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.14.5.W20.S1) and character.