vav
(væv)
variant of vau. vav conversive: see conversive a.1 2 b.
| 1828 Gibbs Gesenius' Hebr. Lex. (1833) 54/1 A prefix..usually called Vav conversive of the future. 1869 Liddell & Scott Gr. Lex. s.v. δίγαµµα, But the Lat. F. holds the same place in the alph[abet] with the Hebr. vav. 1870 J. F. Smith Ewald's Introd. Hebr. Gram. 229 Then the calm regular narration may come in with the Vav of sequence. |