Deuteronomy 21:16:1Deut.21.16.W1PAT
וְהָיָ֗ה
vehaya
“be”
- Transliteration
- ve-ha-YA
- Extended
- veh-hah-YAA
- IPA
- /vəhaˈjaː/
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
- መሆን
- Yoruba
- jẹ́
- Igbo
- bụ
- Twi
- yɛ
- Ewe
- ɖe
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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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ha-YA
- clause
ve-ha-YA be-YOM han-KHEE-lo ET-ba-NAV ET a-SHER-yih-YEH LO
- sentence
ve-ha-YA be-YOM han-KHEE-lo ET-ba-NAV ET a-SHER-yih-YEH LO LO yu-KHAL le-va-KER ET-ben-ha-a-hu-VAH al-pe-NEE ben-ha-seh-noo-AH ha-be-KHOR
In context — Deuteronomy 21:16
be on the day when he causes to inherit his sons who will be to him not be able make firstborn the son of the beloved woman the firstborn in preference to the son of the hated woman
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 21:16:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Deuteronomy 21:16, so the Hebrew word וְהָיָ֗ה (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.21.16.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.21.16.W1.S1) and character.