ו־

Etymology
From.

Conjunction

 * 1) and

Etymology
From. Cognate with 🇨🇬.

Conjunction

 * 1) and

Usage notes

 * According to traditional grammar, takes a few different forms, depending on the word to which it is attached.
 * The default form, used when none of the below rules apply, is . It is also the only form in ordinary use in colloquial Modern Hebrew.
 * When a word begins with, attaches to it to produce.
 * When a word begins with one of the labial consonants (,, , or , acronymized as ), or when the first vowel in a word is the sheva (the vowel in ) and the first consonant is not , the form is used.
 * When the vowel in a word is a khataf vowel, takes the corresponding non-khataf vowel:, ,.
 * When the khataf vowel is followed by a yud, it can optionally become a sh'va, after which the may also take on a khirik . Thus, all three of the following are acceptable combinations of  and : ,&lrm; , and.
 * When the first vowel in a word is a stressed vowel, the form is optionally used. In modern Hebrew this is usually limited to set phrases such as.
 * In Ancient Hebrew, was used before every item of a list except the first; in Modern Hebrew, it's usually only used before the last item, like English.
 * In Ancient Hebrew, if was attached to a verb, it would often "flip" its conjugation; a verb in the perfect aspect (which became Modern Hebrew's past tense) would use the suffix conjugation (like Modern Hebrew's future tense), and a verb in the imperfect aspect (which became Modern Hebrew future tense) would use the prefix conjugation (like Modern Hebrew's past tense). This behavior is called  "the ו of flipping"; unlike the ordinary  "the ו of connection", it does not necessarily have a connective sense. Additionally, vav hahipukh often used a different vowel from what the ordinary vav hakhibur would, and occasionally caused the accent to shift.

Etymology
From,.

Conjunction

 * 1) and