Numbers 20:16:9Num.20.16.W9TAB
וְהִנֵּה֙
vehineh
“and behold”
- Transliteration
- ve-hi-NEH
- Extended
- veh-hin-NEH
- IPA
- /vɛhinˈneː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and 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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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-hi-NEH
- clause
ve-hi-NEH a-NAKH-nu be-ka-DESH IR ke-TSEH ge-vu-LE-kha
- sentence
va-nits-AK el-ye-ho-VAH va-yish-MA ko-LE-nu va-yish-LAKH mal-AKH va-yo-tsi-E-nu mi-mits-RA-yim ve-hi-NEH a-NAKH-nu be-ka-DESH IR ke-TSEH ge-vu-LE-kha
Exegesis
The particle wəhinneh {וְהִנֵּה֙ | wəhinneh} ‘and behold’ shifts from past deliverance to present reality.
In context — Numbers 20:16
When we cried out to the LORD , He heard our voice and sent a messenger to bring us out of Egypt. Now we stand in Kadesh, a city at the edge of Your border.
About this coordinate
Numbers 20:16:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Numbers 20:16, so the Hebrew word וְהִנֵּה֙ (vehineh) 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.20.16.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.20.16.W9.S1) and character.