Genesis 27:40:5Gen.27.40.W5TAB

וְהָיָה֙

vehaya

“and it shall be”

Transliteration: ve-ha-YA
Extended: veh-hah-YAA
IPA: /wə.haː.ˈjaː/

Meaning by language

English: and it shall be

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Result

וְ + הָ + יָה֙

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ve + ha + ya

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vehaya

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
	Qamets	long 'ah'
	He	h as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

word
ve-ha-YA
clause
ve-ha-YA ka-a-SHER ta-RID u-fa-rak-TA ul-LO me-AL tsav-va-RE-kha
sentence
ve-al-khar-be-KHA tikh-YE ve-et-a-KHI-kha ta-a-VOD ve-ha-YA ka-a-SHER ta-RID u-fa-rak-TA ul-LO me-AL tsav-va-RE-kha

Exegesis

The sequence vehayah kaasher tarid {וְהָיָה כַּאֲשֶׁר תָּרִיד | wə-hā-yāh ka-ʾă-šer tā-rîḏ} forms a temporal-conditional construction: ‘and it will be, when you grow restless’, where vehayah functions as a discourse marker introducing a future situation, and kaasher links the protasis to the apodosis. The verb tarid, a Qal imperfect, depicts an inner state of continual restlessness or chafing under domination.

In context — Genesis 27:40

And you will live by your sword , and you will serve your brother; but when you grow restless , you will break off his yoke from upon your neck.

About this coordinate

Genesis 27:40:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 27:40, so the Hebrew word וְהָיָה֙ (vehaya) 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.27.40.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.27.40.W5.S1) and character.

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