Deuteronomy 21:3:1Deut.21.3.W1TAB

וְהָיָ֣ה

vehaya

“and it shall be”

Transliteration: ve-ha-YA
Extended: veh-ha-YAA
IPA: /vəhaˈjaː/

Meaning by language

English: and it shall be

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result

וְ + הָ + יָ֣ה

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ve + ha + ya

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vehaya

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
phraseyour reading level
ve-ha-YA ha-IR
clause
ve-ha-YA ha-IR hak-ke-ro-VA el-he-kha-LAL
sentence
ve-ha-YA ha-IR hak-ke-ro-VA el-he-kha-LAL ve-laK-KHU zik-NEI ha-IR ha-HU eg-LAT ba-KAR a-SHER lo-u-ba-D BAH a-SHER lo-mash-KHA be-OL

Exegesis

The verse begins with the vav-consecutive formula vehayah {וְהָיָ֣ה | wə-hā-yāh} ‘and it shall be’, signaling a legal stipulation.

In context — Deuteronomy 21:3

And it shall be that the city nearest to the slain shall have the elders of that city take a heifer of cattle which has not been worked , which has not been yoked .

About this coordinate

Deuteronomy 21:3:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Deuteronomy 21:3, so the Hebrew word וְהָיָ֣ה (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.21.3.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.21.3.W1.S1) and character.

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