Deuteronomy 21:16:1Deut.21.16.W1TAB
וְהָיָ֗ה
vehaya
“and it shall be”
- Transliteration
- ve-ha-YA
- Extended
- veh-hah-YAA
- IPA
- /vəhaˈjaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and it shall be
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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
ve-ha-YA be-YOM han-KHI-lo ET-ba-NAV ET a-SHER-ye-HYEH LO
- sentence
ve-ha-YA be-YOM han-KHI-lo ET-ba-NAV ET a-SHER-ye-HYEH LO LO yu-KHAL le-va-KER ET-ben-ha-a-hu-VAH al-pe-NEI ben-ha-se-nu-AH ha-be-KHOR
Exegesis
The clause begins with vehayah {וְהָיָה | wə-hā-yāh} introducing a conditional legal scenario, followed by beyom han'khilo {בְּיוֹם הַנְחִיל֣וֹ | bə-yôm han-nə-ḥī-lô} as a temporal locative phrase marking the time of inheritance transfer.
In context — Deuteronomy 21:16
And it shall be on the day that he causes his sons to inherit what belongs to him, he shall not be able to treat as firstborn the son of his beloved wife in preference to the son of his unloved wife, the firstborn.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 21:16:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Deuteronomy 21:16, so the Hebrew word וְהָיָ֗ה (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.21.16.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.21.16.W1.S1) and character.