| 释义 |
vau|vɔː|
Also 9 vaw.
[a. late L. vau (Vulgate), ad. Heb. vāv vav.]
The sixth letter of the Hebrew alphabet; the Hebrew particle va-, ve-, ū- ‘and’, denoted by this letter. (Cf. vav.)
1382Wyclif Ps. cxix. 41 [Heading] Vau. [Also in Coverdale and later versions.] 1639Sir W. Mure Ps. cxix. Wks. (S.T.S.) II. 185 He... Vau. 1643J. Caryl Expos. Job I. 1586 The particle Vau..usually taken as a Conjunction. Ibid. 1587 Thus in the Text the particle (Vau) is taken by some as a note of likeness. 1736Ainsworth Lat. Dict. ii. s.v. F, Its place and analogous use favour its descent from the Hebrew vau. 1798Brit. Critic XI. 116 There is no similarity whatever between the Syriac jod..and vau. 1832S. Lee Hebr. Gram. (ed. 2) 21 The Vaw..is frequently left out. Ibid. 30 The Vaw commencing this last syllable. 1844W. Upton Physioglyphics 156 The Hebrew having no express character for o, the full sound of it is indicated by a vau with a dot above. |