Jeremiah 13:7:9Jer.13.7.W9TAB

וְהִנֵּה֙

vehine

and behold

Transliteration
ve-hi-NE
Extended
veh-hih-NEE
IPA
/vəhinˈneː/

Meaning by language

English
and behold

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Result
וְ + הִ + נֵּה֙
ve + hi + ne
vehine

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Nunn as in new
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-hi-NE

  2. clause

    ve-hi-NE nish-KHAT ha-e-ZOR LO yits-LAKH la-KOL

  3. sentence

    va-e-LEKH pe-ra-TA va-e-khPOR va-e-KAKH et-ha-e-ZOR min-ha-ma-KOM a-sher-te-man-TIV SHA-ma ve-hi-NE nish-KHAT ha-e-ZOR LO yits-LAKH la-KOL

Exegesis

The interjection ve-hineh {וְהִנֵּה֙ | wə-hin-nēh} ‘and behold’ marks the transition to the result clause.

In contextJeremiah 13:7

So I went to Perath and dug, and I took the waistband from the place where I had hidden it; and behold, the waistband was ruined, and it would not succeed for anything.

About this coordinate

Jeremiah 13:7:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Jeremiah 13:7, so the Hebrew word וְהִנֵּה֙ (vehine) 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 Jer.13.7.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.13.7.W9.S1) and character.