Deuteronomy 22:17:1Deut.22.17.W1TAB
וְהִנֵּה־הוּא
vehinehu
“and behold, he”
- Transliteration
- ve-hi-NE-HU
- Extended
- veh-hin-NEH-HOO
- IPA
- /vəhinˈneː.huː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and behold, 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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
ve-hi-NE-HU
- sentence
ve-hi-NE-HU a-le-HA-SHEM al-de-va-RIM le-MOR lo-ma-TSA-ti le-vit-KHA be-tu-LIM ve-E-le be-tu-LEI bi-TI u-par-SU ha-sim-LA lif-NEI zik-NEI ha-IR
Exegesis
The verse opens with vehinneh {וְהִנֵּה | wə-hin-nē} ‘and behold’, a conjunction and interjection that signals a dramatic declaration.
This is followed by the subject hu {הוּא | hūʾ} ‘he’ and the Qal perfect verb sam {שָׂם | śām} ‘placed’, which introduces the object construct alilot devarim {עֲלִילֹת דְּבָרִים | ʿă-lî-lōṯ də-wā-rîm} ‘accusations of words’.
In context — Deuteronomy 22:17
And behold, he has brought accusations, saying, ‘I did not find your daughter a virgin.’ And these are the tokens of my daughter’s virginity. Then they shall spread out the garment before the elders of the city.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 22:17:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Deuteronomy 22:17, so the Hebrew word וְהִנֵּה־הוּא (vehinehu) 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.22.17.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.22.17.W1.S1) and character.