Deuteronomy 19:4:11Deut.19.4.W11TAB
וְה֛וּא
vehu
“and he”
- Transliteration
- ve-HU
- Extended
- veh-HOO
- IPA
- /vəˈhu/
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
a-SHER ya-KEH et-re-EI-hu biv-LEE-DA-at ve-HU lo-so-NE LO mit-te-MOL shil-SHOM
- sentence
ve-ZEH de-VAR ha-ro-TSE-akh a-SHER ya-NUS sha-MAH va-KHAI a-SHER ya-KEH et-re-EI-hu biv-LEE-DA-at ve-HU lo-so-NE LO mit-te-MOL shil-SHOM
Exegesis
The conjunction vehu lo sone lo mitmol shilshom {וְהוּא לֹא־שֹׂנֵ֥א ל֖וֹ מִתְּמֹ֥ל שִׁלְשֹֽׁם | wə-hūʾ lōʾ sō-nê lô mit-tə-mōl šil-šōm} clarifies the lack of prior animosity through parallel temporal expressions, which the English preserves to maintain legal precision.
In context — Deuteronomy 19:4
And this is the case concerning the manslayer who flees there and lives when he strikes his neighbor without knowledge , provided that he had not hated him from yesterday or the day before.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 19:4:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Deuteronomy 19:4, so the Hebrew word וְה֛וּא (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 Deut.19.4.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.19.4.W11.S1) and character.