Numbers 21:8:10Num.21.8.W10TAB

וְהָיָה֙

vehaya

“and it will be”

Transliteration: ve-ha-YA
Extended: veh-hah-YAH
IPA: /vəhaˈjaː/

Meaning by language

English: and it will be

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Result

וְ + הָ + יָה֙

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ve + ha + ya

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vehaya

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
	Qamets	long 'ah'
	He	h as in house; silent at word end

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The word

Word in context

word
ve-ha-YA
clause
ve-ha-YA kol-ha-NA-shukh ve-ra-AH o-TO va-KHAI
sentence
va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH el-MO-sheh a-SEH le-KHA sa-RAF ve-SIM o-TO al-NES ve-ha-YA kol-ha-NA-shukh ve-ra-AH o-TO va-KHAI

Exegesis

The protasis–apodosis structure in vehayah kol hanashukh vera’ah oto vachai {וְהָיָה כָּל-הַנָּשׁוּךְ וְרָאָה אֹתוֹ וָחָי | wə-hā-yāh ḵōl han-nā-šūḵ wə-rā-ʾāh ʾō-tô wā-ḥāy} uses a Qal passive participle and perfect verbs to convey life through the act of looking. The English rendering preserves Hebrew word order and the pivotal divine initiative in granting life.

In context — Numbers 21:8

And the LORD said to Moses, “Make for yourself a fiery serpent and set it on a pole; and it shall be that everyone who is bitten looks at it and lives.”

About this coordinate

Numbers 21:8:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Numbers 21:8, so the Hebrew word וְהָיָה֙ (vehaya) 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.21.8.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.8.W10.S1) and character.

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