Judges 13:5:14Judg.13.5.W14TAB
וְה֗וּא
vehu
“and he”
- Transliteration
- ve-HU
- Extended
- veh-HOO
- IPA
- /vəˈhuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-HU
- clause
ve-HU ya-KHEL le-ho-SHI-a et-yis-ra-EL mi-YAD pe-lish-TIM
- sentence
KI hi-NAKH ha-RA ve-yo-LAD-te BEN u-mo-RA LO-ya-a-LE al-RO-sho KI-ne-ZIR e-lo-HIM yih-HE ha-NA-ar min-ha-BA-ten ve-HU ya-KHEL le-ho-SHI-a et-yis-ra-EL mi-YAD pe-lish-TIM
Exegesis
Finally, the inchoative imperfect yā-ḥēl {יָחֵל | yā-ḥēl} ‘will begin’ in wĕ-hū yā-ḥēl lə-hō-šî-‘aʿ {וְה֗וּא יָחֵל לְהוֹשִׁיעַ | wĕ-hū yā-ḥēל lə-hō-šî-‘aʿ} indicates commencement of action with direct object yiś-rā‘-ēl {יִשְׂרָאֵל | yiś-rā‘-ēל} and agent miyyād pĕ-lîš-tîm {מִיַּד פְּלִשְׁתִּים | miyyād pĕ-lîשְׁ-tîm}.
In context — Judges 13:5
For behold, you will conceive and bear a son, and a razor shall not come upon his head, for the boy will be a Nazirite to God from the womb; and he will begin to deliver Israel from the hand of the Philistines.
About this coordinate
Judges 13:5:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Judges 13:5, so the Hebrew word וְה֗וּא (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 Judg.13.5.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.13.5.W14.S1) and character.