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
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 | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-heg-YON
- phraseyour reading level
ve-heg-YON li-BI le-fa-NE-kha
- clause
yih-YU-le-ra-TSON im-RE-pi ve-heg-YON li-BI le-fa-NE-kha
- 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 context — Psalm 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.