Zechariah 14:21:1Zech.14.21.W1TAB
וְ֠הָיָה
vehaya
“and it will be”
- Transliteration
- ve-ha-YA
- Extended
- veh-haa-YAA
- IPA
- /wəhaːˈjaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and it will be
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ve-ha-YA
- clause
ve-ha-YA KAL-siR bi-ru-sha-LA-yim u-vi-hu-DA KO-desh la-ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT u-va-U KAL-ha-zoh-ve-KHIM ve-la-KHU me-HEM u-vish-she-LU va-HEM
- sentence
ve-ha-YA KAL-siR bi-ru-sha-LA-yim u-vi-hu-DA KO-desh la-ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT u-va-U KAL-ha-zoh-ve-KHIM ve-la-KHU me-HEM u-vish-she-LU va-HEM ve-LO-yi-he-YE khe-na-a-NI OD be-VET-ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT ba-YOM ha-HU
Exegesis
The verse begins with the waw-consecutive form vehayah {וְ֠הָיָה | wə-hā-yāh} introducing a resultative-future clause.
In context — Zechariah 14:21
And every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah will be holiness to the LORD of hosts ; and all who sacrifice shall come, take of them, and boil in them. And there will no longer be a Canaanite in the house of the LORD of hosts on that day.
About this coordinate
Zechariah 14:21:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Zechariah 14:21, so the Hebrew word וְ֠הָיָה (vehaya) 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.14.21.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Zech.14.21.W1.S1) and character.