Genesis 15:17:6Gen.15.17.W6TAB
וְהִנֵּ֨ה
vehinneh
“and behold”
- Transliteration
- ve-hin-NEH
- Extended
- veh-hin-NEH
- IPA
- /wə.hin.ˈneː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and behold
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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ve-hin-NEH
- phraseyour reading level
ve-hin-NEH tan-NUR a-SHAN
- clause
ve-hin-NEH tan-NUR a-SHAN ve-lap-PID ESH a-SHER a-VAR BEN hag-ge-za-RIM ha-EL-leh
- sentence
va-ye-HI hash-SHE-mesh BA-a va-a-la-TA ha-YA ve-hin-NEH tan-NUR a-SHAN ve-lap-PID ESH a-SHER a-VAR BEN hag-ge-za-RIM ha-EL-leh
Exegesis
The interjection vehineh {וְהִנֵּה | wə·hin·nēh} ‘and behold’ signals a sudden, striking vision and shifts the focus from setting to event.
In context — Genesis 15:17
And it came to pass, when the sun had gone down and darkness was, that behold, a smoking furnace and a flaming torch passed between these pieces.
About this coordinate
Genesis 15:17:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 15:17, so the Hebrew word וְהִנֵּ֨ה (vehinneh) 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 Gen.15.17.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.15.17.W6.S1) and character.