Job 13:28:1Job.13.28.W1TAB

וְ֭הוּא

vehu

and he

Transliteration
ve-HU
Extended
veh-HOO
IPA
/wəˈhuː/

Meaning by language

English
and he

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Result
וְ֭ + הוּא
ve + hu
vehu

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
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-HU

  2. clause

    ve-HU ke-ra-KAV yiv-le

  3. sentence

    ve-HU ke-ra-KAV yiv-le ke-VE-ged a-kha-LO ASH

Exegesis

The clause begins with vehu {וְ֭הוּא | wə-hûʾ} as a resumptive subject, picking up the referent from the surrounding discourse.

In contextJob 13:28

And he will waste away like rot, like a garment consumed by a moth.

About this coordinate

Job 13:28:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Job 13:28, so the Hebrew word וְ֭הוּא (vehu) 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 Job.13.28.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.13.28.W1.S1) and character.