Genesis 33:3:1Gen.33.3.W1PAT
וְה֖וּא
vehu
“and he himself”
- Transliteration
- ve-HU
- Extended
- veh-HOO
- IPA
- /wəˈhuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he himself
- French
- et lui-même
- Spanish
- y él mismo
- Portuguese
- e ele mesmo
- German
- und er selbst
- Russian
- и он сам
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَهُوَ نَفْسُهُ
- Hindi
- और वह स्वयं
- Chinese-Simplified
- 而他自己
- Korean
- 그리고 그 자신이
- Indonesian
- dan dia sendiri
- Bengali
- আর সে নিজে
- Tagalog
- at siya mismo
- Swahili
- na yeye mwenyewe
- Amharic
- እርሱም ራሱ
- Yoruba
- àti òun fúnra rẹ̀
- Igbo
- ma ya onwe ya
- Twi
- na ɔno ankasa
- Ewe
- eye eya ŋutɔ
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
וְ + ה֖וּא
↓
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)
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
ve-HU
- clause
ve-HU a-VAR lif-nei-HEM
- sentence
ve-HU a-VAR lif-nei-HEM va-yish-ta-KHU ar-TSA SHE-va pe-a-MIM ad-gish-TO ad-a-KHIV
In context — Genesis 33:3
and he himself passed before them he prostrated himself to the ground seven times until his approach to his brother
About this coordinate
Genesis 33:3:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 33:3, so the Hebrew word וְה֖וּא (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.33.3.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.33.3.W1.S1) and character.