1 Samuel 17:19:21 Sam.17.19.W2TAB
וְהֵ֙מָּה֙
vehemma
“and they”
- Transliteration
- ve-HEM-ma
- Extended
- veh-HEEM-mah
- IPA
- /vəˈheːm.maː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they
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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ve-HEM-ma
- phraseyour reading level
ve-sha-UL ve-HEM-ma
- clause
ve-sha-UL ve-HEM-ma ve-KHOL-ISH yis-ra-EL be-E-mek ha-e-LA
- sentence
ve-sha-UL ve-HEM-ma ve-KHOL-ISH yis-ra-EL be-E-mek ha-e-LA nil-kha-MIM im-pe-lish-TIM
Exegesis
The narrative opens with a sequence of vav-conjoined elements, beginning with veShaul {וְשָׁא֤וּל | wə-šāʼûl} ‘and Saul’, followed by vehema {וְהֵ֙מָּה֙ | wə-hēm-mah} ‘and they’ and vekol-ish {וְכָל־אִ֣ישׁ | wə-kol-ʼîš} ‘and all the men’, collectively marking the subject before Yisrael {יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | yiś-rā-ʼēl} ‘Israel’.
In context — 1 Samuel 17:19
Saul and all the men of Israel had assembled in the Valley of Elah, locked in battle with the Philistines.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 17:19:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Samuel 17:19, so the Hebrew word וְהֵ֙מָּה֙ (vehemma) 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.17.19.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.19.W2.S1) and character.