Exodus 13:14:1Exod.13.14.W1TAB
וְהָיָ֞ה
vehaya
“and it shall be”
- Transliteration
- ve-ha-YA
- Extended
- veh-hah-YAA
- IPA
- /və.haˈjaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and it shall be
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 | |
| 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
- clause
ve-ha-YA ki-yish-al-KHA vin-KHA ma-KHAR leh-MOR mah-ZOT
- sentence
ve-ha-YA ki-yish-al-KHA vin-KHA ma-KHAR leh-MOR mah-ZOT ve-a-mar-TA eh-LAV be-KHO-zek YAD ho-tsi-A-nu ye-ho-VAH mim-mits-RA-yim mi-BEIT a-va-DIM
Exegesis
The verse opens with the waw-consecutive vehayah {וְהָיָ֞ה | wə-hā-yā(h)} ‘and it will be’, establishing a future narrative flow.
In context — Exodus 13:14
And it shall be, when your son asks you tomorrow, saying “What is this?”, that you shall say to him, “With a mighty hand the LORD brought us out from Egypt, from the house of slaves.”
About this coordinate
Exodus 13:14:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Exodus 13:14, so the Hebrew word וְהָיָ֞ה (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 Exod.13.14.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.13.14.W1.S1) and character.