Hosea 13:3:2Hos.13.3.W2TAB
יִֽהְי֨וּ֙
yihheyu
“they shall be”
- Transliteration
- yih-HE-YU
- Extended
- yih-HEH-yoo
- IPA
- /jihˈheːjuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they shall 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 | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
yih-HE-YU
- clause
la-KHEN yih-HE-YU ke-a-NAN-BO-ker ve-kha-TAL mash-KIM ho-LEKH
- sentence
la-KHEN yih-HE-YU ke-a-NAN-BO-ker ve-kha-TAL mash-KIM ho-LEKH ke-MOTS ye-so-ER mi-go-REN u-kha-SHAN me-a-ru-BA
Exegesis
The imperfect yihyu {יִהְיוּ | yi-hyû} ‘they will be’ sets a vivid future simile.
In context — Hosea 13:3
Therefore they will be like a morning cloud and like the dew that goes early away, like chaff driven from the threshing floor and like smoke from a window.
About this coordinate
Hosea 13:3:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Hosea 13:3, so the Hebrew word יִֽהְי֨וּ֙ (yihheyu) 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 Hos.13.3.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Hos.13.3.W2.S1) and character.