Genesis 15:4:1Gen.15.4.W1TAB
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 de-var-ye-ho-VAH e-LAV
- clause
ve-hin-NEH de-var-ye-ho-VAH e-LAV le-MOR LO yi-rash-KHA ZEH
- sentence
ve-hin-NEH de-var-ye-ho-VAH e-LAV le-MOR LO yi-rash-KHA ZEH ki-IM a-SHER ye-TSE mim-me-E-kha HU yi-ra-SHE-kha
Exegesis
The verse opens with vehineh {וְהִנֵּה | wə-hin-nēh} ‘and behold’, an attention marker that signals a new and weighty revelation.
In context — Genesis 15:4
And behold, the word of the LORD came to him, saying, “This one shall not be your heir, but rather the one who shall come forth from your own inner being —he shall be your heir.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 15:4:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 15:4, 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.15.4.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.15.4.W1.S1) and character.