2 Samuel 14:26:32 Sam.14.26.W3TAB
וְֽ֠הָיָה
vehaya
“and it was”
- Transliteration
- ve-ha-YA
- Extended
- veh-haa-YAA
- IPA
- /vəhaːˈjaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and it was
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ve-ha-YA
- clause
u-ve-gal-KHO et-RO-sho ve-ha-YA mik-KETS ya-MIM la-ya-MIM a-SHER ye-gal-LE-akh ki-kha-VED a-LA-v ve-gil-KHO
- sentence
u-ve-gal-KHO et-RO-sho ve-ha-YA mik-KETS ya-MIM la-ya-MIM a-SHER ye-gal-LE-akh ki-kha-VED a-LA-v ve-gil-KHO ve-sha-KAL et-se-AR ro-SHO ma-TA-yim she-ka-LIM be-E-ven ha-ME-lekh
In context — 2 Samuel 14:26
And whenever he shaved his head, it was at the close of the year ; at the time he would shave it—because his hair weighed heavily on him—he would shave it and then weigh the hair of his head: two hundred shekels by the king’s stone .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 14:26:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Samuel 14:26, so the Hebrew word וְֽ֠הָיָה (vehaya) 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.14.26.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.14.26.W3.S1) and character.