Judges 20:40:10Judg.20.40.W10TAB

וְהִנֵּ֛ה

vehinne

“and behold”

Transliteration: ve-hin-NE
Extended: veh-hihn-NEH
IPA: /vəh.inˈnɛː/

Meaning by language

English: and behold

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result

וְ + הִנ + נֵּ֛ה

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ve + hin + ne

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vehinne

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
	Hireq	'ee' as in machine
	Nun	n as in new
	Tsere	long 'ey' as in they
	He	h as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

word
ve-hin-NE
clause
va-yi-FEN bin-ya-MIN a-kha-RAV ve-hin-NE a-LA khe-lil-ha-IR ha-sha-MAI-ma
sentence
ve-ham-ma-SE-et he-KHE-la la-a-LOT min-ha-IR a-MUD a-SHAN va-yi-FEN bin-ya-MIN a-kha-RAV ve-hin-NE a-LA khe-lil-ha-IR ha-sha-MAI-ma

Exegesis

The conjunction wə-hin-nēh {וְהִנֵּה | wə-hin-nēh} ‘and behold’ introduces the climactic revelation, and the clause ʿā-lāh kə-lîl-hā-ʿîr ha-šā-mā-y-ma(h) {עָלָה כְּלִיל־הָעִיר הַשָּׁמָיְמָה | ʿā-lāh kə-lîl-hā-ʿîr ha-šā-mā-y-ma(h)} ‘the whole city ascended skyward’ combines the directional he to convey upward movement with the construct chain to emphasize totality. The sequence of vav-consecutive verbs preserves the rapid pacing of the narrative.

In context — Judges 20:40

And the signal began to ascend from the city—a pillar of smoke—and Benjamin turned back, and behold, the whole city went up toward the heavens .

About this coordinate

Judges 20:40:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Judges 20:40, so the Hebrew word וְהִנֵּ֛ה (vehinne) 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.20.40.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.40.W10.S1) and character.

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