2 Kings 14:21:52 Kgs.14.21.W5TAB
וְה֕וּא
vehu
“and he”
- Transliteration
- ve-HU
- Extended
- veh-HOO
- IPA
- /wəˈhuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he
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 | |
| 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
ve-HU
- clause
va-yik-KHU kol-AM ye-hu-DA et-a-zar-YA ve-HU ben-SHESH e-sre sha-NA
- sentence
va-yik-KHU kol-AM ye-hu-DA et-a-zar-YA ve-HU ben-SHESH e-sre sha-NA va-yam-li-KHU o-TO TA-khat a-VIV a-mats-ya-HU
Exegesis
The conjunction-pronoun və-hûʾ {וְה֕וּא | və-hûʾ} ‘and he’ introduces the age clause ben šêš-ʿeś-rēh šānâ {בֶּן־שֵׁ֥שׁ עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה שָׁנָ֑ה | ben šêš-ʿeś-rēh šānâ} ‘son of sixteen years’.
In context — 2 Kings 14:21
Then all the people of Judah took Azariah, and he was sixteen years old; and they made him king in place of his father Amaziah.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 14:21:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Kings 14:21, so the Hebrew word וְה֕וּא (vehu) 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 2 Kgs.14.21.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.14.21.W5.S1) and character.