Hosea 2:21:1Hos.2.21.W1TABWLC Hosea 2:23
וְהָיָ֣ה
vehaya
“and it will be”
- Transliteration
- ve-ha-YA
- Extended
- veh-haa-YAA
- IPA
- /vɛhaːˈjaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and it will be
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 | |
| 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
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ha-YA ba-YOM ha-HU
- sentence
ve-ha-YA ba-YOM ha-HU e-e-NE ne-UM-ye-ho-VAH e-e-NE et-ha-sha-MA-yim ve-HEM ya-a-NU et-ha-A-rets
Exegesis
The verse begins with the temporal formula vehayah bayom hahu {וְהָיָה בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא | wə-hā-yāh ba-yôm ha-hûʾ} ‘and it will be in that day’, establishing a future prophetic context.
In context — Hosea 2:21
And it will come to pass in that day I will answer , declares the LORD . I will answer the heavens and they will answer the earth.
About this coordinate
Hosea 2:21:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Hosea 2:21, so the Hebrew word וְהָיָ֣ה (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 Hos.2.21.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Hos.2.21.W1.S1) and character.