Genesis 28:13:1Gen.28.13.W1TAB
וְהִנֵּ֨ה
vehinne
“and behold”
- Transliteration
- ve-hin-NE
- Extended
- veh-hin-NEH
- IPA
- /və.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-NE
- phraseyour reading level
ve-hin-NE Ye-ho-VAH
- clause
ve-hin-NE Ye-ho-VAH nits-TSAV a-LAV va-yo-MAR a-NI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI av-ra-HAM a-VI-kha ve-e-lo-HEI yit-se-KHAK
- sentence
ve-hin-NE Ye-ho-VAH nits-TSAV a-LAV va-yo-MAR a-NI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI av-ra-HAM a-VI-kha ve-e-lo-HEI yit-se-KHAK ha-A-rets a-SHER a-TA sho-KHEV a-LE-ha le-KHA et-te-NEN-na u-le-zar-E-kha
Exegesis
The verse opens with vehinneh {וְהִנֵּה | wə-hin-nēh} ‘and behold’, an interjection plus conjunction that signals a sudden vision in Jacob’s dream.
In context — Genesis 28:13
And behold, the LORD was standing above it, and He said, “I am the LORD, the God of Abraham your forefather and the God of Isaac. The land on which you are lying, I will give to you and to your descendants.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 28:13:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 28:13, so the Hebrew word וְהִנֵּ֨ה (vehinne) 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.28.13.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.28.13.W1.S1) and character.