Leviticus 21:13:1Lev.21.13.W1TAB

וְה֕וּא

vehhoo

and he

Transliteration
veh-HOO
Extended
veh-HOO
IPA
/vəˈhuː/

Meaning by language

English
and he

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Result
וְה֕ + וּא
veh + hoo
vehhoo

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points

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Word in context

  1. word

    veh-HOO

  2. sentence

    veh-HOO ish-SHAH vi-veh-too-LEH-hah yik-KAKH

Exegesis

The verse begins with vehu {וְהוּא | wə-hūʾ} ‘and he’, a vav-consecutive marking continuity with preceding priestly regulations.

In contextLeviticus 21:13

And he shall take a woman in her virginity as a wife.

About this coordinate

Leviticus 21:13:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 21:13, so the Hebrew word וְה֕וּא (vehhoo) 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.21.13.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.21.13.W1.S1) and character.