Hosea 13:7:1Hos.13.7.W1TAB
וָאֱהִ֥י
vaehi
“and I was or became”
- Transliteration
- va-e-HI
- Extended
- vaa-eh-HEE
- IPA
- /vaː.ʔɛˈhiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and I was or became
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Seghol | reduced 'eh' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
va-e-HI
- phraseyour reading level
va-e-HI la-HEM
- sentence
va-e-HI la-HEM ke-MO-SHA-khal ke-na-MER a-DE-rekh A-shur
Exegesis
The verse begins with the vav consecutive in va’ehyeh {וָאֶהְיֶה | wā-ʾehyeh} ‘and I will be’, signaling a new judgment oracle by the divine speaker.
In context — Hosea 13:7
So I am to them like a lion ; like a leopard by the way, I will watch in ambush over them.
About this coordinate
Hosea 13:7:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Hosea 13:7, so the Hebrew word וָאֱהִ֥י (vaehi) 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.13.7.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Hos.13.7.W1.S1) and character.