Numbers 19:21:1Num.19.21.W1TAB
וְהָיְתָ֥ה
vehayetah
“And it shall be”
- Transliteration
- ve-ha-ye-TAH
- Extended
- veh-hah-yeh-TAH
- IPA
- /vəhaːjəˈtaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- And it shall 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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ve-ha-ye-TAH
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ha-ye-TAH la-HEM
- clause
ve-ha-ye-TAH la-HEM le-khu-KAT o-LAM
- sentence
ve-ha-ye-TAH la-HEM le-khu-KAT o-LAM u-maz-ZEH mei-ha-ni-DAH ye-kha-BES be-ga-DAV ve-ha-no-GEA be-MEI ha-ni-DAH yit-MA ad-ha-AH-rev
Exegesis
The verse opens with the conjunction and vehayetah {וְהָיְתָ֥ה | wəhāyṯāh} ‘and it shall be’, introducing a legal stipulation.
In context — Numbers 19:21
And it shall be for them a statute forever, and the one who sprinkles the water of impurity shall wash his clothes, and the one who touches the water of impurity will be unclean until evening .
About this coordinate
Numbers 19:21:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 19:21, so the Hebrew word וְהָיְתָ֥ה (vehayetah) 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 Num.19.21.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.19.21.W1.S1) and character.