Zechariah 14:8:1Zech.14.8.W1TAB
וְהָיָ֣ה
vehaya
“and it shall be”
- Transliteration
- ve-ha-YA
- Extended
- veh-haa-YAA
- IPA
- /wəhaˈjaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and it shall 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
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ha-YA ba-YOM ha-HU
- clause
ve-ha-YA ba-YOM ha-HU ye-ts-E-U ma-YIM-kha-YIM mi-ru-sha-LA-im KHE-tsi-AM el-ha-YAM ha-kad-mo-NI ve-khe-tsi-AM el-ha-YAM ha-a-kha-RON
- sentence
ve-ha-YA ba-YOM ha-HU ye-ts-E-U ma-YIM-kha-YIM mi-ru-sha-LA-im KHE-tsi-AM el-ha-YAM ha-kad-mo-NI ve-khe-tsi-AM el-ha-YAM ha-a-kha-RON ba-ka-YITS u-va-KHO-ref yih-ye-YE
Exegesis
The verse opens with vehayah {וְהָיָ֣ה | wə-hā-yāh} ‘and it shall be’, establishing a prophetic future.
In context — Zechariah 14:8
And it shall be on that day that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem , half of them to the eastern sea and half of them to the western sea; and it shall be in summer and in winter.
About this coordinate
Zechariah 14:8:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Zechariah 14:8, so the Hebrew word וְהָיָ֣ה (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.14.8.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Zech.14.8.W1.S1) and character.