1 Samuel 13:21:11 Sam.13.21.W1TAB

וְֽהָיְתָ֞ה

vehayeta

and it was

Transliteration
ve-ha-ye-TA
Extended
veh-haa-yeh-TAA
IPA
/wəhaːjəˈθaː/

Meaning by language

English
and it was

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וְֽ + הָ + יְ + תָ֞ה
ve + ha + ye + ta
vehayeta

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Qametslong 'ah'
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Tavt as in top
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-ha-ye-TA

  2. clause

    ve-ha-ye-TA ha-pe-tsi-RA PIM lam-ma-kha-re-SHOT ve-la-E-tim ve-lish-LOSH kil-sHON u-le-hak-kar-de-MIM

  3. sentence

    ve-ha-ye-TA ha-pe-tsi-RA PIM lam-ma-kha-re-SHOT ve-la-E-tim ve-lish-LOSH kil-sHON u-le-hak-kar-de-MIM u-le-ha-TSIV ha-dar-VAN

Exegesis

The verse opens with the vav-consecutive perfect vehayetah {וְֽהָיְתָ֞ה | wə-hā-yə-ṯā} ‘and it was’, which introduces the head noun haptsirah {הַפְּצִירָה | hap-ṣî-rāh} ‘sharpening’.

In context1 Samuel 13:21

And the charge for sharpening was a pim for the plowshares and for the mattocks, and for three-pronged forks and for the axes, and for fixing the goad .

About this coordinate

1 Samuel 13:21:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Samuel 13:21, so the Hebrew word וְֽהָיְתָ֞ה (vehayeta) 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 Sam.13.21.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.13.21.W1.S1) and character.