Joshua 19:14:6Josh.19.14.W6TAB
וְהָיוּ֙
vehayu
“and became”
- Transliteration
- ve-ha-YU
- Extended
- veh-hah-YOO
- IPA
- /vəhaˈjuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and became
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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 totse-O-taiv GEI yif-TACH-EL
- sentence
ve-na-SAV o-TO hag-GEV-ul mitstse-FON khan-na-TON ve-ha-YU totse-O-taiv GEI yif-TACH-EL
Exegesis
A second vav-consecutive wə-hā-yū {וְהָיוּ | wə-hā-yū} ‘and they were’ with a plural subject marks multiple boundary points in ṯō-ṣə-’ō-ṯāw {תֹּצְאֹתָיו | ṯō-ṣə-’ō-ṯāw} ‘its goings-out’.
In context — Joshua 19:14
And the boundary turned northward of Hannathon, and its end was at the Valley of Iphtah El.
About this coordinate
Joshua 19:14:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Joshua 19:14, so the Hebrew word וְהָיוּ֙ (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 Josh.19.14.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.19.14.W6.S1) and character.