Numbers 23:17:3Num.23.17.W3TAB
וְהִנּ֤וֹ
vehinno
“and behold”
- Transliteration
- ve-hin-NO
- Extended
- veh-hin-NOH
- IPA
- /vəhinˈnoː/
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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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Word in context
- word
ve-hin-NO
- phraseyour reading level
ve-hin-NO ni-TSAV
- clause
va-ya-VO e-LAV ve-hin-NO ni-TSAV al-o-la-TO ve-sa-REI mo-AV it-TO
- sentence
va-ya-VO e-LAV ve-hin-NO ni-TSAV al-o-la-TO ve-sa-REI mo-AV it-TO va-yo-MER LO ba-LAK mah-di-BER Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
Immediately following, the formulaic vehinno {וְהִנּוֹ | wə-hin-nōʾ} ‘and behold, he’ introduces a scene of prophetic focus.
In context — Numbers 23:17
And he came to him, and behold, he was standing beside his burnt offering, and the officials of Moab were with him. Then Balak said to him, “What has the LORD spoken?”
About this coordinate
Numbers 23:17:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 23:17, so the Hebrew word וְהִנּ֤וֹ (vehinno) 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.23.17.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.23.17.W3.S1) and character.