Numbers 21:26:8Num.21.26.W8TAB
וְה֣וּא
vehu
“and he”
- Transliteration
- ve-HU
- Extended
- veh-HOO
- IPA
- /vəˈhuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he
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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-HU
- phraseyour reading level
ve-HU nil-KHAM
- clause
ve-HU nil-KHAM be-ME-lekh mo-AV ha-ri-SHON va-yik-KAKH ET-kol-artSO mi-ya-DO ad-ar-NON
- sentence
KI khesh-BON IR si-KHON ME-lekh ha-e-mo-RI HI ve-HU nil-KHAM be-ME-lekh mo-AV ha-ri-SHON va-yik-KAKH ET-kol-artSO mi-ya-DO ad-ar-NON
Exegesis
The pronouns hîʼ {הִוא | hîʼ} ‘it’ and vehu {וְהוּא | wə-hûʼ} ‘and he’ mark the shift from the feminine noun city to the masculine Sihon.
In context — Numbers 21:26
For Heshbon was the city of Sihon, king of the Amorites , and it was he who fought against the first king of Moab and took his entire territory from his hand as far as the Arnon.
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:26:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Numbers 21:26, so the Hebrew word וְה֣וּא (vehu) 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.21.26.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.26.W8.S1) and character.