Zechariah 14:12:13Zech.14.12.W13TAB
וְהוּא֙
vehu
“while he”
- Transliteration
- ve-HU
- Extended
- veh-HOO
- IPA
- /vəˈhuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- while he
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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-HU
- clause
ha-MEK be-sa-RO ve-HU o-MED al-rag-LAV ve-e-NAIV tim-mak-NA ve-kho-re-HEN u-le-sho-NO tim-MAK be-fi-HEM
- sentence
ve-ZOT tih-ye ha-mag-ge-FA a-SHER yig-GOF ye-ho-VAH et-kol-ha-am-MIM a-SHER tsa-ve-U al-ye-ru-sha-LA-im ha-MEK be-sa-RO ve-HU o-MED al-rag-LAV ve-e-NAIV tim-mak-NA ve-kho-re-HEN u-le-sho-NO tim-MAK be-fi-HEM
In context — Zechariah 14:12
And this will be the plague with which the LORD will strike all the peoples who have assembled against Jerusalem: their flesh will waste away as they stand on their feet, and their eyes will waste away in their sockets, and their tongues will waste away in their mouths.
About this coordinate
Zechariah 14:12:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Zechariah 14:12, so the Hebrew word וְהוּא֙ (vehu) 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 Zech.14.12.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Zech.14.12.W13.S1) and character.