Deuteronomy 20:11:6Deut.20.11.W6TAB
וְהָיָ֞ה
vehaya
“then it will be”
- Transliteration
- ve-ha-YA
- Extended
- veh-ha-YAA
- IPA
- /vəhaːˈjaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- then it 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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ha-YA
- clause
ve-ha-YA kol-ha-AM ha-nim-TSAH-BAH yih-YU le-KHA la-MAS va-a-va-DU-kha
- sentence
ve-ha-YA im-sha-LOM ta-an-KHA u-fat-KHA LAKH ve-ha-YA kol-ha-AM ha-nim-TSAH-BAH yih-YU le-KHA la-MAS va-a-va-DU-kha
Exegesis
The verse begins with the conditional protasis marker vav-consecutive im {וְהָיָה֙ אִם־שָׁל֣וֹם | wə-hā-yā(h) ʾim-šā-lōm} ‘if it shall be’.
The second vav-consecutive vehayah {וְהָיָ֞ה | wə-hā-yā(h)} ‘then it shall be’ introduces the apodosis.
In context — Deuteronomy 20:11
If it answers you with peace and opens to you, then all the people found in it shall become your forced labor and shall serve you.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 20:11:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Deuteronomy 20:11, so the Hebrew word וְהָיָ֞ה (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 Deut.20.11.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.20.11.W6.S1) and character.