Joshua 22:28:2Josh.22.28.W2TAB

וְהָיָ֗ה

vehaya

and it will be

Transliteration
ve-ha-YA
Extended
veh-hah-YAA
IPA
/vəhaˈjaː/

Meaning by language

English
and it will be

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Result
וְ + הָ + יָ֗ה
ve + ha + ya
vehaya

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
Qametslong 'ah'
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-ha-YA

  2. clause

    va-NO-mer ve-ha-YA ki-YO-mru e-LEI-nu ve-EL-do-ro-TEI-nu ma-KHAR

  3. sentence

    va-NO-mer ve-ha-YA ki-YO-mru e-LEI-nu ve-EL-do-ro-TEI-nu ma-KHAR ve-a-MAR-nu re-U et-TAV-nit miz-BE-akh Ye-ho-VAH a-SHER-a-SU a-vo-TEI-nu LO le-o-LA ve-LO le-ZE-vakh ki-ED HU bei-NEI-nu u-vei-NEI-khem

Exegesis

The verse begins with vanomer {וַנֹּ֕אמֶר | vā-nō-mer} ‘and we said’ followed by vehayah {וְהָיָ֗ה | wə-hā-yāh} ‘and it will be’, which with the conditional ki {כִּֽי | kî} introduces a hypothetical protasis.

In contextJoshua 22:28

And we said, “If in the future they speak to us or to our generations, we will say, ‘Look at the model of the altar of the LORD that our fathers made—not for burnt offerings nor for sacrifices, but as a witness between us and you.’”

About this coordinate

Joshua 22:28:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Joshua 22:28, so the Hebrew word וְהָיָ֗ה (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 Josh.22.28.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.22.28.W2.S1) and character.