1 Chronicles 17:3:41 Chr.17.3.W4TAB
וַיְהִי֙
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 de-VAR-e-lo-HIM el-na-TAN le-MOR
- sentence
va-ye-HI bal-LAI-la ha-HU va-ye-HI de-VAR-e-lo-HIM el-na-TAN le-MOR
Exegesis
The verse opens with the narrative vav consecutive vayehi {וַֽיְהִ֖י | vă-yĕ-ḥî} ‘and it came to pass’, marking a new event.
In context — 1 Chronicles 17:3
And it happened that night that the word of God came to Nathan saying,
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 17:3:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Chronicles 17:3, so the Hebrew word וַיְהִי֙ (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.17.3.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.17.3.W4.S1) and character.