1 Kings 18:12:11 Kgs.18.12.W1TAB
וְהָיָ֞ה
vehaya
“and it will be”
- Transliteration
- ve-ha-YA
- Extended
- veh-haa-YAA
- IPA
- /vəhaːˈjaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and it will be
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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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ve-ha-YA
- clause
ve-ha-YA a-NI e-LEKH me-i-TAKH ve-RU-akh ye-ho-VAH yis-SA-a-kha AL a-SHER lo-E-DA u-va-TI le-ha-GID le-akh-AV ve-LO yim-tsa-A-kha va-ha-ra-GA-ni
- sentence
ve-ha-YA a-NI e-LEKH me-i-TAKH ve-RU-akh ye-ho-VAH yis-SA-a-kha AL a-SHER lo-E-DA u-va-TI le-ha-GID le-akh-AV ve-LO yim-tsa-A-kha va-ha-ra-GA-ni ve-av-de-KHA ya-RE et-ye-ho-VAH min-ne-u-RAI
Exegesis
The verse opens with the prefixed vav-consecutive perfect ve-hayah {וְהָיָ֞ה | wə-hā-yāh} ‘and it will happen’, framing a hypothetical condition. The temporal clause “when I go from you” (ani ʼē-lēkh mê-ʾittākha) sets the stage for divine action.
In context — 1 Kings 18:12
And it will happen that when I go from you, the Spirit of the LORD will carry you to a place I do not know. And if I come to tell Ahab and he does not find you, he will kill me. But your servant has feared the LORD from my youth .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:12:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Kings 18:12, so the Hebrew word וְהָיָ֞ה (vehaya) 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.18.12.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.12.W1.S1) and character.