Ezekiel 18:11:1Ezek.18.11.W1TAB
וְה֕וּא
vehu
“and he”
- Transliteration
- ve-HU
- Extended
- veh-HOO
- IPA
- /wəˈhuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he
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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-HU
- clause
ve-HU et-KAL-E-le LO a-SA
- sentence
ve-HU et-KAL-E-le LO a-SA KI GAM el-he-ha-RIM a-KHAL ve-et-E-shet re-E-HU ti-ME
Exegesis
The verse opens with ve-hu {וְה֕וּא | wə-hūʾ} ‘and he’, a conjunctive pronoun shifting focus to the son’s conduct.
In context — Ezekiel 18:11
Though he himself did none of all these things, yet he ate upon the mountains and defiled his neighbor’s wife.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 18:11:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Ezekiel 18:11, so the Hebrew word וְה֕וּא (vehu) 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.18.11.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.18.11.W1.S1) and character.