וְ, וּ, a prefix, and, but; often introducing a question: but, is it indeed so? Ḥull. 2ᵃ וכל הכל וכ׳ is it so that wherever הַכֹּל is used, it means &c.? Ib. והא כתיב וכ׳ is it not written &c.?; a. fr.