Judges 16:17:18Judg.16.17.W18TAB
וְהָיִ֖יתִי
vehayiti
“and I will be”
- Transliteration
- ve-ha-YI-ti
- Extended
- veh-haa-YEE-tih
- IPA
- /vahaˈjiː.tiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and I will be
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
ve-ha-YI-ti
- phraseyour reading level
ve-kha-LI-ti ve-ha-YI-ti
- clause
im-gul-LAKH-ti ve-SAR mi-ME-ni kho-KHI ve-kha-LI-ti ve-ha-YI-ti ke-khol-ha-a-DAM
- sentence
va-yag-GED-la et-kol-lib-BO va-yo-MER LA mo-RA lo-a-LA al-ro-SHI ki-ne-ZIR e-lo-HIM a-NI mi-BE-ten i-MI im-gul-LAKH-ti ve-SAR mi-ME-ni kho-KHI ve-kha-LI-ti ve-ha-YI-ti ke-khol-ha-a-DAM
In context — Judges 16:17
And he told her all his heart and said to her, “A razor has never come upon my head, for I am a Nazirite of God from my mother’s womb; if I am shaved, then my strength would leave me, and I would become weak and be like any other man.”
About this coordinate
Judges 16:17:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of Judges 16:17, so the Hebrew word וְהָיִ֖יתִי (vehayiti) 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.16.17.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.16.17.W18.S1) and character.