Proverbs 24:32:1Prov.24.32.W1TAB
וָֽאֶחֱזֶ֣ה
vaekheze
“and I saw”
- Transliteration
- va-e-KHE-ze
- Extended
- vaa-eh-KHEH-zeh
- IPA
- /vaː.ʔɛħˈzɛ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and I saw
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Seghol | reduced 'eh' | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
va-e-KHE-ze
- clause
va-e-KHE-ze a-no-KHI a-SHIT li-BI
- sentence
va-e-KHE-ze a-no-KHI a-SHIT li-BI ra-I-TI la-KHAKH-ti mu-SAR
Exegesis
A vav-consecutive narrative sequence opens with vaechezeh {וָֽאֶחֱזֶ֣ה | wā·ʾeḥ·zeh} ‘and I looked’, using the Qal imperfect to continue the action.
In context — Proverbs 24:32
And I looked and set my heart to it; I saw and received instruction .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 24:32:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Proverbs 24:32, so the Hebrew word וָֽאֶחֱזֶ֣ה (vaekheze) 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 Prov.24.32.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.24.32.W1.S1) and character.