Genesis 25:29:7Gen.25.29.W7PAT
וְה֥וּא
vehu
“and he was”
- Transliteration
- ve-HU
- Extended
- veh-HOO
- IPA
- /vəˈhuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he was
- French
- et il était
- Spanish
- y él estaba
- Portuguese
- e ele estava
- German
- und er war
- Russian
- и он был
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَهُوَ
- Hindi
- और वह
- Chinese-Simplified
- 而他
- Korean
- 그는
- Indonesian
- dan ia
- Bengali
- আর সে
- Tagalog
- at siya ay
- Swahili
- naye alikuwa
- Amharic
- እርሱም
- Yoruba
- ó sì
- Igbo
- ọ bụkwa
- Twi
- na ɔno
- Ewe
- ke eye
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
וְ + ה֥וּא
↓
ve + hu
↓
vehu
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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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-HU
- phraseyour reading level
ve-HU a-YEF
- clause
va-ya-VO e-SAV min-ha-sa-DE ve-HU a-YEF
- sentence
va-YA-zed ya-a-KOV na-ZID va-ya-VO e-SAV min-ha-sa-DE ve-HU a-YEF
In context — Genesis 25:29
Jacob cooked stew Esau came from the field and he was exhausted
About this coordinate
Genesis 25:29:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 25:29, so the Hebrew word וְה֥וּא (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.25.29.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.25.29.W7.S1) and character.