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.)
1382. Wyclif, Ps. cxix. 41 [Heading] Vau. [Also in Coverdale and later versions.]
1639. Sir W. Mure, Ps. cxix. Wks. (S.T.S.), II. 185. He … Vau.
1643. J. 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.
1736. Ainsworth, Lat. Dict., II. s.v. F, Its place and analogous use favour its descent from the Hebrew vau.
1798. Brit. Critic, XI. 116. There is no similarity whatever between the Syriac jod … and vau.
1832. S. Lee, Hebr. Gram. (ed. 2), 21. The Vaw … is frequently left out. Ibid., 30. The Vaw commencing this last syllable.
1844. W. 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.
