The conjunction "and" in Hebrew is represented by the letter waw. The waw connects to the following word to form a unit. It takes different forms depending on the letter or sound that follows it, such as becoming a long i sound before yod or merging with certain consonants like bet or mem. The waw conjunction can indicate the spirit of God or be used in conjunction with names, nouns, prepositions and interrogative pronouns like mi ("who") and ma ("what") which take different forms depending on their position and surrounding sounds in the sentence.