1 Chronicles 15:26:11 Chr.15.26.W1TAB
וֽ͏ַיְהִי֙
vayehi
“and it happened”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-HI
- Extended
- vah-yeh-HEE
- IPA
- /vajəˈhiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and it happened
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
va-ye-HI
- clause
va-ye-HI be-E-zor ha-e-lo-HIM ET-ha-le-vi-YIM no-se-E a-RON be-RIT-ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-ye-HI be-E-zor ha-e-lo-HIM ET-ha-le-vi-YIM no-se-E a-RON be-RIT-ye-ho-VAH va-yiz-be-KHU shiv-a-PA-fa-rim ve-shiv-a E-lim
Exegesis
The clause opens with vayhi {וֽ͏ַיְהִי֙ | wāyəhî} ‘and it happened,’ a narrative preterite that frames what follows as a noteworthy event.
In context — 1 Chronicles 15:26
And it happened, when God helped the Levites who were bearing the Ark of the covenant of the LORD , that they sacrificed seven bulls and seven rams.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 15:26:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Chronicles 15:26, so the Hebrew word וֽ͏ַיְהִי֙ (vayehi) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Chr.15.26.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.15.26.W1.S1) and character.