Exodus 15:2:8Exod.15.2.W8TAB
וְאַנְוֵ֔הוּ
veanvehu
“and I will praise him”
- Transliteration
- ve-an-VE-hu
- Extended
- veh-ahn-VEH-hoo
- IPA
- /wə.ʔan.ˈweː.huː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and I will praise him
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 | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-an-VE-hu
- clause
ZE e-LI ve-an-VE-hu e-lo-HE ah-VI va-a-rom-MEN-hu
- sentence
oz-ZI ve-zim-RAT YAH va-ye-hi-LI lee-shu-AH ZE e-LI ve-an-VE-hu e-lo-HE ah-VI va-a-rom-MEN-hu
Exegesis
The paired Hiphil ve-anvehu {וְאַנְוֵ֔הוּ | wə-ʾanvêhû} ‘and I will honor him’ and Piel va-arommenhu {וַאֲרֹמְמֶנְהוּ | wa-ʾărommən-hû} ‘and I will exalt him’ express intentional acts of worship.
Root and etymology
נ־ו־ה
“to honor, adorn”
In context — Exodus 15:2
My strength and song is the LORD , and He has become my salvation . This is my God , and I will exalt Him.
About this coordinate
Exodus 15:2:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Exodus 15:2, so the Hebrew word וְאַנְוֵ֔הוּ (veanvehu) 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.15.2.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.15.2.W8.S1) and character.