Numbers 25:13:1Num.25.13.W1TAB
וְהָיְתָה
vehayetah
“and it shall be”
- Transliteration
- ve-ha-ye-TAH
- Extended
- veh-ha-ye-TAH
- IPA
- /vəhajəˈtaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and it shall be
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ve-ha-ye-TAH
- sentence
ve-ha-ye-TAH LO u-le-zar-O a-kha-ra-V be-REET ke-hu-NAT o-LAM TA-khat a-SHER ki-NE le-e-lo-HAIV va-ye-kha-PER al-be-NEI yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The verse begins with vehayetah {וְהָ֤יְתָה | wə-hā-yə-tāh} ‘and it shall be’, employing a vav-consecutive perfect to introduce a divine decree.
In context — Numbers 25:13
And it shall be for him and for his descendants after him a covenant of everlasting priesthood, because he was zealous for his God and he made atonement for the children of Israel.
About this coordinate
Numbers 25:13:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 25:13, so the Hebrew word וְהָיְתָה (vehayetah) 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.25.13.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.25.13.W1.S1) and character.