Jeremiah 19:13:1Jer.19.13.W1TAB
וְהָי֞וּ
vehayu
“and they shall be”
- Transliteration
- ve-ha-YU
- Extended
- veh-haa-YOO
- IPA
- /vəhɔˈjuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they shall 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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
ve-ha-YU
- clause
ve-ha-YU ba-TE ye-ru-sha-LA-yim u-va-TE mal-KHE ye-hu-DA kim-KOM ha-TO-fet hat-te-me-IM
- sentence
ve-ha-YU ba-TE ye-ru-sha-LA-yim u-va-TE mal-KHE ye-hu-DA kim-KOM ha-TO-fet hat-te-me-IM le-KHOL hab-ba-TIM a-SHER kit-te-RU al-GAG-go-TE-hem le-KHOL tse-VA hash-sha-MA-yim ve-has-SEKH ne-sa-KHIM le-e-lo-HIM a-khe-RIM
Exegesis
The verse uses the vav-consecutive imperfect vehayu {וְהָי֞וּ | wə-hā-yû} ‘and they shall be’ to introduce a prophetic declaration.
In context — Jeremiah 19:13
The houses of Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah — all the houses on whose roofs they burned incense to the host of the heavens, and poured out drink offerings to other gods — will be defiled like the place of Topheth.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 19:13:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Jeremiah 19:13, so the Hebrew word וְהָי֞וּ (vehayu) 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.19.13.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.19.13.W1.S1) and character.