Deuteronomy 23:11:1Deut.23.11.W1TABWLC Deuteronomy 23:12
וְהָיָה
vehaya
“and it shall be”
- Transliteration
- ve-ha-YA
- Extended
- veh-haa-YAA
- IPA
- /vəhaːˈjaː/
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
- sentence
ve-ha-YA lif-NOT-E-rev yir-KHATS ba-MA-yim u-ke-BO ha-SHE-mesh ya-VO el-TOKH ha-ma-KHA-neh
Exegesis
This verse opens with the vav consecutive vehayah {וְהָיָה | wə-hā-yā} ‘and it shall be’, establishing a conditional legal stipulation.
In context — Deuteronomy 23:11
And it shall be that at evening he must wash himself in water; and when the sun sets he may enter the camp.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 23:11:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Deuteronomy 23:11, so the Hebrew word וְהָיָה (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.23.11.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.23.11.W1.S1) and character.