Isaiah 16:12:1Isa.16.12.W1TAB
וְהָיָ֧ה
vehaya
“and it will be”
- Transliteration
- ve-ha-YA
- Extended
- veh-haa-YAA
- IPA
- /vɛhaːˈjaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and it will be
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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 ki-nir-E
- clause
ve-ha-YA ki-nir-E ki-nil-E mo-AV al-ha-ba-MA
- sentence
ve-ha-YA ki-nir-E ki-nil-E mo-AV al-ha-ba-MA u-VA el-mik-DA-sho le-hit-pal-LEL ve-LO yu-KHAL
Exegesis
The verse opens with the prefixed conjunction vehayah {וְהָיָ֧ה | və-hā-yāh} ‘and it shall be’, which introduces a result clause.
In context — Isaiah 16:12
And it shall be, when it is seen that Moab is weary on the high place , that he will come to his sanctuary to pray, but he will not prevail.
About this coordinate
Isaiah 16:12:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Isaiah 16:12, so the Hebrew word וְהָיָ֧ה (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 Isa.16.12.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.16.12.W1.S1) and character.