Deuteronomy 15:17:6Deut.15.17.W6PAT

וְהָיָ֥ה

vehaya

be

Transliteration
ve-ha-YA
Extended
veh-ha-YAA
IPA
/və.ha.ˈjaː/

Meaning by language

English
be
French
être
Spanish
ser
Portuguese
ser
German
sein
Russian
быть
Arabic-Simplified
يكون
Hindi
होना
Chinese-Simplified
成为
Korean
되다
Indonesian
menjadi
Bengali
হওয়া
Tagalog
maging
Swahili
kuwa
Amharic
ሆነ
Yoruba
jẹ
Igbo
bụrụ
Twi
Ewe
le

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וְ + הָ + יָ֥ה
ve + ha + ya
vehaya

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
Qametslong 'ah'
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-ha-YA

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-ha-YA le-KHA

  3. clause

    ve-la-KAKH-ta et-ham-mar-TSE-a ve-na-TAT-ta be-ahz-NO oo-va-DE-let ve-ha-YA le-KHA E-ved o-LAM

  4. sentence

    ve-la-KAKH-ta et-ham-mar-TSE-a ve-na-TAT-ta be-ahz-NO oo-va-DE-let ve-ha-YA le-KHA E-ved o-LAM ve-AF la-a-mat-KHA ta-a-SEH-KEN

In contextDeuteronomy 15:17

take the awl put in his ear and in the door be to you slave forever and also do the same to your female slave

About this coordinate

Deuteronomy 15:17:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Deuteronomy 15:17, so the Hebrew word וְהָיָ֥ה (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 Deut.15.17.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.15.17.W6.S1) and character.