Genesis 42:8:4Gen.42.8.W4PAT
וְהֵ֖ם
vehem
“but they”
- Transliteration
- ve-HEM
- Extended
- veh-HEHM
- IPA
- /wə.ˈheːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- but they
- French
- mais eux
- Spanish
- pero ellos
- Portuguese
- mas eles
- German
- aber sie
- Russian
- но они
- Arabic-Simplified
- لَكِنَّهُمْ
- Hindi
- पर वे
- Chinese-Simplified
- 但他们
- Korean
- 그러나 그들은
- Indonesian
- tetapi mereka
- Bengali
- কিন্তু তারা
- Tagalog
- ngunit sila
- Swahili
- lakini wao
- Amharic
- እነርሱ ግን
- Yoruba
- ṣùgbọ́n wọ́n
- Igbo
- ma ha
- Twi
- nanso wɔn
- Ewe
- ke woawo
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
וְ + הֵ֖ם
↓
ve + hem
↓
vehem
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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-HEM
- clause
ve-HEM LO hi-ki-RU-hu
- sentence
va-ya-KER yo-SEF ET-e-KHAW ve-HEM LO hi-ki-RU-hu
In context — Genesis 42:8
recognized Joseph his brothers but they did not recognize him
About this coordinate
Genesis 42:8:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 42:8, so the Hebrew word וְהֵ֖ם (vehem) 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.42.8.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.42.8.W4.S1) and character.