וַיִּקְרָאֵהוּ
ORIGINALBH-027
Biblical Hebrew · Endings Attached to Words
An object pronoun attached to a verb
BH-027Biblical HebrewMasoretic Hebrew of Tanakh
ORIGINAL LANGUAGE FIRST
וַיִּקְרָאֵהוּ
Transliterationva-yiqra'ehu
Plain meaningand he called him/it
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An object pronoun attached to a verb
Hebrew can also attach an object pronoun to an action word. In וַיִּקְרָאֵהוּ, the final part refers to the person or thing receiving the action. This is different from a possessive ending on a noun and different from the ending that identifies the subject of a verb. The course keeps these three jobs separate.
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va-yiqra'ehu
READINGApproved transliteration
and he called him/it
MEANINGBiblical Hebrew
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