Psalm 19:14:3Ps.19.14.W3TABWLC Psalms 19:15

וְהֶגְי֣וֹן

vehegyon

and meditation or utterance

Transliteration
ve-heg-YON
Extended
veh-hehg-YOHN
IPA
/vəheɣˈjoːn/

Meaning by language

English
and meditation or utterance

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וְ + הֶגְ + י֣וֹן
ve + heg + yon
vehegyon

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Gimelg as in good
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Nun Sofitfinal form of Nun — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-heg-YON

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-heg-YON li-BI le-fa-NE-kha

  3. clause

    yih-YU-le-ra-TSON im-RE-pi ve-heg-YON li-BI le-fa-NE-kha

  4. sentence

    yih-YU-le-ra-TSON im-RE-pi ve-heg-YON li-BI le-fa-NE-kha Ye-ho-VAH TSU-ri ve-go-a-LI

Exegesis

The parallel constructs ʾimrê-pî {אִמְרֵי־פִי | ʾimrê-pî} ‘words of my mouth’ and hêgîyôn {הֶגְיוֹן | hêgîyôn} ‘meditation’ lî-bî {לִבִּי | lî-bî} ‘of my heart’ juxtapose external speech and internal reflection.

Root and etymology

h-g-hheh–gimel–heh

to meditate

In contextPsalm 19:14

Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable before You, O LORD , my Rock and my Redeemer.

About this coordinate

Psalm 19:14:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Psalm 19:14, so the Hebrew word וְהֶגְי֣וֹן (vehegyon) 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 Ps.19.14.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Ps.19.14.W3.S1) and character.