Exodus 13:12:8Exod.13.12.W8TAB

יִהְיֶ֥ה

yihyeh

“shall be”

Transliteration: yih-YEH
Extended: yih-YEH
IPA: /jih.ˈjɛ/

Meaning by language

English: shall be

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result

יִהְ + יֶ֥ה

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yih + yeh

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yihyeh

Alphabet Analysis

	Yod	y as in yes; marks long ī
	Hireq	'ee' as in machine
	He	h as in house; silent at word end
	Sheva	silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
	Yod	y as in yes; marks long ī
	Seghol	short 'eh' as in met
	He	h as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

word
yih-YEH
phraseyour reading level
a-SHER yih-YEH le-KHA
clause
ve-khol-PE-ter SHE-ger be-he-MA a-SHER yih-YEH le-KHA haz-ze-kha-RIM la-ye-ho-VAH
sentence
ve-ha-a-var-TA khol-pe-ter-RE-khem la-ye-ho-VAH ve-khol-PE-ter SHE-ger be-he-MA a-SHER yih-YEH le-KHA haz-ze-kha-RIM la-ye-ho-VAH

Exegesis

The relative clause asher yihyeh le-kha {אֲשֶׁר יִהְיֶ֥ה לְךָ֛ | ə-šer yi-hyēh lə-kha} ‘that will be yours’ delimits the animals in view.

In context — Exodus 13:12

Then you shall set apart every firstborn to the LORD ; and every firstborn male of the livestock that you have shall be the LORD’s.

About this coordinate

Exodus 13:12:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Exodus 13:12, so the Hebrew word יִהְיֶ֥ה (yihyeh) 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 Exod.13.12.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.13.12.W8.S1) and character.

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