Genesis 18:1:6Gen.18.1.W6PAT

וְה֛וּא

vehu

and he

Transliteration
ve-HU
Extended
veh-HOO
IPA
/və.ˈhuː/

Meaning by language

English
and he
French
et lui
Spanish
y él
Portuguese
e ele
German
und er
Russian
а он
Arabic-Simplified
وَهُوَ
Hindi
और वह
Chinese-Simplified
而他
Korean
그리고 그는
Indonesian
dan dia
Bengali
আর তিনি
Tagalog
at siya
Swahili
naye
Amharic
እርሱም
Yoruba
ati oun
Igbo
ma ya
Twi
na ɔno
Ewe
eye eya

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Result
וְ + ה֛וּא
ve + hu
vehu

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
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-HU

  2. clause

    ve-HU yo-SHEV pe-takh-ha-O-hel ke-KHOM ha-YOM

  3. sentence

    va-ye-RA e-LAV Ye-ho-VAH be-e-lo-NEI mam-RE ve-HU yo-SHEV pe-takh-ha-O-hel ke-KHOM ha-YOM

In contextGenesis 18:1

LORD appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre and he sitting at the entrance of the tent heat of the day

About this coordinate

Genesis 18:1:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 18:1, so the Hebrew word וְה֛וּא (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.18.1.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.18.1.W6.S1) and character.