2 Kings 20:18:92 Kgs.20.18.W9TAB
וְהָיוּ֙
vehayu
“and they will be”
- Transliteration
- ve-ha-YU
- Extended
- veh-haa-YOO
- IPA
- /vəhaːˈjuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they 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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
ve-ha-YU
- clause
ve-ha-YU sa-ri-SIM be-he-KHAL ME-lekh ba-VEL
- sentence
u-mi-ba-NE-kha a-SHER ye-tsE-U mim-me-KHA a-SHER to-LID yi-KHAKH yik-KA-khu ve-ha-YU sa-ri-SIM be-he-KHAL ME-lekh ba-VEL
Exegesis
The imperfect yikkachu {יִקָּחוּ | yiqqā-ḥû} ‘they will take’ expresses active removal, while vehayu {וְהָיוּ | wə-hā-yû} ‘and they will be’ predicates sarisim {סָרִיסִים | să-rî-sîm} ‘eunuchs’.
In context — 2 Kings 20:18
And from your sons whom you will beget and who will come forth from you, some will be taken away, and they will become eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 20:18:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 2 Kings 20:18, so the Hebrew word וְהָיוּ֙ (vehayu) 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.20.18.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.20.18.W9.S1) and character.