2 Samuel 13:34:92 Sam.13.34.W9TAB
וְהִנֵּ֨ה
vehinne
“and behold”
- Transliteration
- ve-hin-NE
- Extended
- veh-hihn-NEH
- IPA
- /vəhinˈnɛː/
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 am-RAV
- clause
va-yis-SA ha-NA-ar ha-tso-FE et-e-NA-v e-NA-v va-yar-E ve-hin-NE am-RAV hol-KHIM mid-DE-rekh a-kha-RAV mits-TSAD ha-HAR
- sentence
va-yiv-RAKH av-sha-LOM va-yis-SA ha-NA-ar ha-tso-FE et-e-NA-v e-NA-v va-yar-E ve-hin-NE am-RAV hol-KHIM mid-DE-rekh a-kha-RAV mits-TSAD ha-HAR
Exegesis
The attention particle we-hinne {וְהִנֵּ֨ה | we-hinne} ‘and behold’ introduces the observation before the verb vayar {וַיַּ֗רְא | wayyar} ‘and he saw’.
Root and etymology
ה־נ־ה
“look, see”
In context — 2 Samuel 13:34
And Absalom fled. The young watchman lifted his eyes and saw, and behold, many people were coming by the road behind him, along the side of the hill .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 13:34:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 2 Samuel 13:34, so the Hebrew word וְהִנֵּ֨ה (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 2 Sam.13.34.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.13.34.W9.S1) and character.