Numbers 23:11:10Num.23.11.W10TAB
וְהִנֵּ֖ה
vehineh
“and behold”
- Transliteration
- ve-hi-NEH
- Extended
- veh-hee-NEH
- IPA
- /vəhinˈneː/
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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Word in context
- word
ve-hi-NEH
- clause
la-KOV oy-vai le-kakh-TI-kha ve-hi-NEH be-rakh-TA va-REKH
- sentence
va-yo-MER ba-LAK el-bil-AM MEH a-SEE-ta LI la-KOV oy-vai le-kakh-TI-kha ve-hi-NEH be-rakh-TA va-REKH
Exegesis
The interjection vehinneh {וְהִנֵּ֖ה | wə-hin-nē} ‘and behold’ marks a result clause intensified by the Piel perfect berakhta {בֵּרַ֥כְתָּ | bē-rāḵ-tā} plus infinitive absolute barekh {בָרֵֽךְ | ba-rēḵ}, an emphatic doubling conveying “you have surely blessed.” Each reconstruction preserves the Hebrew’s purpose–result and complaint–outcome structure.
In context — Numbers 23:11
And Balak said to Balaam, “What have you done to me? I brought you to curse my enemies , but behold, you have surely blessed them.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 23:11:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Numbers 23:11, so the Hebrew word וְהִנֵּ֖ה (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.23.11.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.23.11.W10.S1) and character.