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.
