Genesis 16:12:1Gen.16.12.W1PAT
וְה֤וּא
vehu
“and he”
- Transliteration
- ve-HU
- Extended
- veh-HOO
- IPA
- /vəˈhuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he
- French
- et il
- Spanish
- y él
- Portuguese
- e ele
- German
- und er
- Russian
- и он
- Arabic-Simplified
- وهو
- Hindi
- और वह
- Chinese-Simplified
- 而他
- Korean
- 그리고 그는
- Indonesian
- dan dia
- Bengali
- আর সে
- Tagalog
- at siya
- Swahili
- na yeye
- Amharic
- እርሱም
- Yoruba
- ati òun
- Igbo
- na ya
- Twi
- na ɔno
- Ewe
- ke eya
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
- phraseyour reading level
ve-HU yih-YE
- clause
ve-HU yih-YE PE-re a-DAM ya-DO ba-KOL ve-YAD KOL BO
- sentence
ve-HU yih-YE PE-re a-DAM ya-DO ba-KOL ve-YAD KOL BO ve-al-pe-NE kol-e-KHAV yish-KON
In context — Genesis 16:12
and he will be wild donkey man his hand against everyone and the hand of everyone against him he will dwell and before all his brothers
About this coordinate
Genesis 16:12:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 16:12, so the Hebrew word וְה֤וּא (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 Gen.16.12.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.16.12.W1.S1) and character.