Ezekiel 17:23:9Ezek.17.23.W9TAB
וְהָיָ֖ה
vehaya
“and it will become”
- Transliteration
- ve-ha-YA
- Extended
- veh-haa-YAA
- IPA
- /vəhɔːˈjɔː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and it will become
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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Word in context
- word
ve-ha-YA
- clause
be-HAR me-ROM yis-ra-EL esh-to-le-NU ve-na-SA a-NAF ve-a-SA pe-RI ve-ha-YA le-E-rez a-DIR
- sentence
be-HAR me-ROM yis-ra-EL esh-to-le-NU ve-na-SA a-NAF ve-a-SA pe-RI ve-ha-YA le-E-rez a-DIR ve-sha-khe-NU takh-TA-yv KOL tsi-POR kal-ka-NAF be-TSEL da-li-yo-TA-yv tish-ko-NA
Exegesis
A sequence of perfect verbs—venasa anaf {וְנָשָׂא עָנָף | wə-nā-śāʼ ʿā-nāp} ‘it will send forth a branch’, ve’asa peri {וְעָשָׂה פֶרִי | wə-ʿā-sāh pē-rī} ‘and make fruit’, vehayah le’erez addir {וְהָיָה לְאֶרֶז אַדִּיר | wə-hā-yāh lə-ʾē-rēz ’aḏ-ḏîr} ‘and it will become a mighty cedar’—creates a stepwise portrayal of growth and transformation.
In context — Ezekiel 17:23
On the high mountain of Israel I will plant it, and it will send out branches and produce fruit and will become a mighty cedar ; and beneath it will dwell every bird of every wing, and in the shade of its branches they will nest.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 17:23:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Ezekiel 17:23, so the Hebrew word וְהָיָ֖ה (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 Ezek.17.23.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.17.23.W9.S1) and character.