Leviticus 14:48:5Lev.14.48.W5TAB
וְ֠הִנֵּה
vehhineh
“behold”
- Transliteration
- veh-hi-NEH
- Extended
- veh-hee-NEH
- IPA
- /vəhinˈneː/
Meaning by language
- English
- behold
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 | |
| 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
veh-hi-NEH
- clause
veh-im-BOH ya-VOH ha-ko-HEN veh-rah-AA veh-hi-NEH loh-FA-sah ha-NE-ga ba-BA-yit a-kha-REI ih-TOH-akh et-ha-BA-yit
- sentence
veh-im-BOH ya-VOH ha-ko-HEN veh-rah-AA veh-hi-NEH loh-FA-sah ha-NE-ga ba-BA-yit a-kha-REI ih-TOH-akh et-ha-BA-yit veh-ti-HAR ha-ko-HEN et-ha-BA-yit ki nir-PA ha-NA-ga
Exegesis
The vav-consecutive ve-ra’ah {וְרָאָה | wə·rā·’āh} ‘and he sees’ and the particle ve-hinneh {וְ֠הִנֵּה | wə·hin·nêh} ‘and behold’ mark the priest’s examination.
In context — Leviticus 14:48
And if the priest enters and observes that the affliction has not spread in the house after it has been plastered, then he shall pronounce the house clean because the affliction has been healed.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 14:48:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Leviticus 14:48, so the Hebrew word וְ֠הִנֵּה (vehhineh) 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.14.48.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.14.48.W5.S1) and character.