Leviticus 13:19:1Lev.13.19.W1TAB
וְהָיָ֞ה
vehaya
“be”
- Transliteration
- ve-ha-YA
- Extended
- veh-hah-YAA
- IPA
- /vəhaˈjaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ha-YA
- clause
ve-ha-YA bim-KOM hash-KHIN SE-et le-va-NA OH ba-HE-ret le-va-NA a-dam-DA-met
- sentence
ve-ha-YA bim-KOM hash-KHIN SE-et le-va-NA OH ba-HE-ret le-va-NA a-dam-DA-met ve-nir-A el-ha-ko-HEN
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav-consecutive perfect vehayah {וְהָיָ֞ה | wə-ḥā-yā(h)} ‘and it shall be,’ introducing a legal protasis.
In context — Leviticus 13:19
And it shall be, in the place of the boil , a white swelling or a white spot that is reddish ; and it must be presented to the priest.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 13:19:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 13:19, so the Hebrew word וְהָיָ֞ה (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 Lev.13.19.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.13.19.W1.S1) and character.