Judges 16:7:11Judg.16.7.W11TAB

וְהָיִ֖יתִי

vehayiti

“and I shall be”

Transliteration: ve-ha-YI-ti
Extended: veh-haa-YEE-tih
IPA: /vəhɑːˈjiː.ti/

Meaning by language

English: and I shall be

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result

וְ + הָ + יִ֖י + תִי

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ve + ha + yi + ti

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vehayiti

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
ve-kha-LI-ti ve-ha-YI-ti ke-a-KHAD ha-a-DAM
sentence
va-YO-mer e-LE-ha shim-SHON im-ya-as-re-NI be-shiv-A ye-ta-RIM la-KHIM a-SHER lo-kho-ra-VU ve-kha-LI-ti ve-ha-YI-ti ke-a-KHAD ha-a-DAM

Exegesis

The apodosis contains two vav-consecutive perfects, vechaliti {וְחָלִ֥יתִי | wəḥālı̆tî} ‘then I will become weak’ and vehayiti {וְהָיִ֖יתִי | wəhāyîtî} ‘and I will be’, concluding with a simile introduced by keʾechad {כְּאַחַ֥ד | kěʾaḥâd} ‘like one’ and the definite noun haadam {הָאָדָֽם | hāʾādām} ‘the man’. This structure establishes a clear protasis-apodosis relationship that underscores the conditional nature of Samson’s loss of strength.

In context — Judges 16:7

And Samson said to her, “If they bind me with seven fresh bowstrings that have not been dried, then I will become weak and will be like any other man .”

About this coordinate

Judges 16:7:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Judges 16:7, 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.16.7.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.16.7.W11.S1) and character.

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