1 Samuel 16:11:101 Sam.16.11.W10TAB
וְהִנֵּ֥ה
vehinne
“and behold”
- Transliteration
- ve-hin-NE
- Extended
- veh-hihn-NEH
- IPA
- /vəhɪnˈnɛː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and behold
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 | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ve-hin-NE
- phraseyour reading level
ve-hin-NE ro-E
- clause
va-YO-mer she-mu-EL el-yi-SHAI ha-tam-MU han-ne-a-RIM va-YO-mer OD sha-AR hak-ka-TAN ve-hin-NE ro-E bats-TSO-n
- sentence
va-YO-mer she-mu-EL el-yi-SHAI ha-tam-MU han-ne-a-RIM va-YO-mer OD sha-AR hak-ka-TAN ve-hin-NE ro-E bats-TSO-n va-YO-mer she-mu-EL el-yi-SHAI shil-KHA ve-ka-KHE-nu KI lo-na-SOV ad-bo-O PO
Exegesis
The participial clause wəhinnēh rōʿēh baṣṣōʾn {וְהִנֵּה רֹעֶה בַּצֹּאן | wəhinnēh rōʿēh baṣṣōʾn} shifts into narrative description.
In context — 1 Samuel 16:11
And Samuel said to Jesse, “Are the young men all here?” And he replied, “There remains still the youngest , and behold, he is tending the flock .” Then Samuel said to Jesse, “Send and bring him, for we will not sit down until he comes here.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 16:11:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 1 Samuel 16:11, so the Hebrew word וְהִנֵּ֥ה (vehinne) 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.16.11.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.16.11.W10.S1) and character.