2 Kings 21:14:82 Kgs.21.14.W8TAB
וְהָי֥וּ
vehayu
“and they will be”
- Transliteration
- ve-ha-YU
- Extended
- veh-haa-YOO
- IPA
- /vəhaːˈjuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they will be
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 | |
| 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
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ha-YU le-VAZ
- clause
ve-ha-YU le-VAZ ve-lim-shis-SA le-KHOL-o-ye-VE-hem
- sentence
ve-na-TASH-ti ET she-e-RIT na-kha-la-TI u-ne-tat-TIM be-YAD o-ye-VE-hem ve-ha-YU le-VAZ ve-lim-shis-SA le-KHOL-o-ye-VE-hem
Exegesis
Finally, the result clause ve-hayu le-vaz ve-limshissah le-khol oyeveihem {וְהָיוּ לְבַז וְלִמְשִׁסָּה לְכָל־אֹיְבֵיהֶם | wə-hā-yû lə-vaẓ wə-lim-šî-ṣāh lə-ḵol ʾoy-vê-hem} frames comprehensive plunder and spoil, with the repeated lamed preposition underscoring its totalizing effect.
In context — 2 Kings 21:14
And I will abandon the remnant of my inheritance and I will give them into the hand of their enemies, and they will become plunder and spoil to all their enemies.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 21:14:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Kings 21:14, so the Hebrew word וְהָי֥וּ (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.21.14.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.21.14.W8.S1) and character.