1 Kings 17:15:81 Kgs.17.15.W8TAB
וָה֛וּא
vahu
“and he”
- Transliteration
- va-HU
- Extended
- vaa-HOO
- IPA
- /vaːˈhuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-HU
- phraseyour reading level
va-to-A-khal hu-ve-hi HI va-HU
- clause
va-to-A-khal hu-ve-hi HI va-HU u-ve-TAH ya-MIM
- sentence
va-te-LEKH va-ta-a-SE kid-VAR e-li-YA-hu va-to-A-khal hu-ve-hi HI va-HU u-ve-TAH ya-MIM
Exegesis
The fused pronoun hi-vehu {הִוא־וְהוּא | hî·’ū·wə·hû} ‘she and he’ signals communal participation, which resumes with vatokhal {וַתֹּ֧אכַל | waṯ·tō·ʾa·ḵal} ‘and she ate’ extended to uveytah {וּבֵיתָ֖הּ | ū·ḇê·ṯāh} ‘and her household’.
In context — 1 Kings 17:15
So she went and did according to the word of Elijah , and she, he, and her household ate for days .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 17:15:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Kings 17:15, so the Hebrew word וָה֛וּא (vahu) 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.17.15.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.17.15.W8.S1) and character.