Genesis 9:2:3Gen.9.2.W3TAB
יִֽהְיֶ֔ה
yihyeh
“will be”
- Transliteration
- yih-YEH
- Extended
- yih-YEH
- IPA
- /jih.ˈjɛ/
Meaning by language
- English
- will be
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
yih-YEH
- clause
u-mo-ra-a-KHEM ve-khit-te-KHEM yih-YEH AL kol-khai-YAT ha-A-rets ve-AL kol-OF ha-sha-MA-yim
- sentence
u-mo-ra-a-KHEM ve-khit-te-KHEM yih-YEH AL kol-khai-YAT ha-A-rets ve-AL kol-OF ha-sha-MA-yim be-KHOL a-SHER tir-MOS ha-a-da-MA u-ve-khol-de-GEI ha-YAM be-yed-KHEM nit-ta-NU
Exegesis
The verb yihyeh {יִֽהְיֶ֔ה | yih-yeh} ‘will be’ follows, linking the subject to a series of prepositional phrases introduced by al {עַ֚ל | ʿal} ‘on’ and ve-al {וְעַ֖ל | wə-ʿal} ‘and on’.
In context — Genesis 9:2
The fear and dread of you will fall on every beast of the earth and every bird of the sky, on everything that moves along the ground , and on all the fish of the sea; they are given into your hand .
About this coordinate
Genesis 9:2:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 9:2, so the Hebrew word יִֽהְיֶ֔ה (yihyeh) 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.9.2.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.9.2.W3.S1) and character.