Exodus 13:5:1Exod.13.5.W1TAB

וְהָיָ֣ה

vehaya

“and it shall be”

Transliteration: ve-ha-YA
Extended: veh-hah-YAA
IPA: /və.haˈjaː/

Meaning by language

English: and it shall be

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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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Word in context

word
ve-ha-YA
phraseyour reading level
ve-ha-YA ki-ye-vi-a-KHA Ye-ho-VAH
clause
ve-ha-YA ki-ye-vi-a-KHA Ye-ho-VAH el-E-rets hak-ke-na-a-NI ve-ha-khit-TI ve-ha-e-mo-RI ve-ha-khiv-VI ve-ha-ye-vu-SI a-SHER nish-BA la-a-vo-TE-kha la-TET LAKH E-rets za-VAT kha-LAV u-de-VASH
sentence
ve-ha-YA ki-ye-vi-a-KHA Ye-ho-VAH el-E-rets hak-ke-na-a-NI ve-ha-khit-TI ve-ha-e-mo-RI ve-ha-khiv-VI ve-ha-ye-vu-SI a-SHER nish-BA la-a-vo-TE-kha la-TET LAKH E-rets za-VAT kha-LAV u-de-VASH ve-a-vad-TA et-ha-a-vo-DA ha-ZOT ba-KHO-desh ha-ZEH

Exegesis

The verse opens with vehayah {וְהָיָ֣ה | wə-hā-yāh} ‘and it shall be’, setting a future-oriented conditional, followed by the conjunction and Hiphil imperfect ki-yeviacha {כִּי־יְבִֽיאֲךָ֣ | kî-yᵉ-vî-ʾă-ḵâ} ‘when he brings you’.

In context — Exodus 13:5

When the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Hivites, and Jebusites—which He swore to your fathers to give you, a land flowing with milk and honey—then you shall carry out this service in this month.

About this coordinate

Exodus 13:5:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Exodus 13:5, 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 Exod.13.5.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.13.5.W1.S1) and character.

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