Genesis 18:1:6Gen.18.1.W6TAB
וְה֛וּא
vehu
“while he”
- Transliteration
- ve-HU
- Extended
- veh-HOO
- IPA
- /wə.ˈhuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- while 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 yo-SHEV pe-takh-ha-O-hel ke-KHOM ha-YOM
- sentence
va-ye-RA e-LAV Ye-ho-VAH be-e-lo-NEI mam-RE ve-HU yo-SHEV pe-takh-ha-O-hel ke-KHOM ha-YOM
Exegesis
The clause vehu yoshev {וְהוּא יֹשֵׁב | wəhûʾ yōšēb} ‘and he was sitting’ employs a participle for ongoing action, forming a circumstantial clause that describes Abraham’s posture when the LORD appears.
In context — Genesis 18:1
And the LORD appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre, while he was sitting at the entrance of the tent in the heat of the day.
About this coordinate
Genesis 18:1:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 18:1, so the Hebrew word וְה֛וּא (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 Gen.18.1.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.18.1.W6.S1) and character.