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

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Result
וָֽ + אֶ + חֱ + זֶ֣ה
va + e + khe + ze
vaekheze

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Qametslong 'ah'
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Hateph Segholreduced 'eh'
Zayinz as in zero
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-e-KHE-ze

  2. clause

    va-e-KHE-ze a-no-KHI a-SHIT li-BI

  3. 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 contextProverbs 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.