Genesis 17:8:13Gen.17.8.W13TAB
וְהָיִ֥יתִי
vehayiti
“I will be”
- Transliteration
- ve-ha-YI-ti
- Extended
- veh-hah-YEE-tee
- IPA
- /wə.haː.ˈjiː.tiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- I will be
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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
ve-ha-YI-ti
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ha-YI-ti la-HEM
- clause
ve-ha-YI-ti la-HEM le-e-lo-HIM
- sentence
ve-na-tat-TI le-KHA u-le-zar-a-KHA a-kha-RE-kha ET E-rets me-gu-RE-kha ET kol-E-rets ke-na-AN la-a-khu-ZAT o-LAM ve-ha-YI-ti la-HEM le-e-lo-HIM
Exegesis
The covenant declaration vehayiti lahem le'elohim {וְהָיִיתִי לָהֶם לֵאלֹהִים | wə-hā-yî-ṯî lā-hem lē-ʾĕ-lō-hîm} ‘and I will be to them for God’ asserts a defining relational bond. The English rendering preserves the dual recipients, coordinated objects, temporal construct, and reciprocal covenant promise.
In context — Genesis 17:8
I will give to you and to your descendants after you the land where you live as a foreigner, all the land of Canaan, as an everlasting possession , and I will be God to them.
About this coordinate
Genesis 17:8:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Genesis 17:8, so the Hebrew word וְהָיִ֥יתִי (vehayiti) 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.17.8.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.17.8.W13.S1) and character.