1 Chronicles 17:5:121 Chr.17.5.W12TAB
וָֽאֶהְיֶ֛ה
vaehye
“and I was”
- Transliteration
- va-e-HYE
- Extended
- vaa-eh-HYEH
- IPA
- /vaː.ʔɛhˈjɛː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and I was
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
va-e-HYE
- clause
va-e-HYE me-O-hel el-O-hel u-mim-mish-KAN
- sentence
KI LO ya-SHAV-te be-va-YIT min-ha-YOM a-SHER he-e-LEI-te ET-yis-ra-EL AD ha-YOM ha-ZE va-e-HYE me-O-hel el-O-hel u-mim-mish-KAN
Exegesis
The vav-consecutive imperfect wāʼehî {וָאֶהְיֶה | wāʼehî} ‘and I have been’ shifts to a durative imperfect state.
In context — 1 Chronicles 17:5
For I have not dwelt in a house from the day that I brought up Israel until this day, but I have been from tent to tent and from one tabernacle to another.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 17:5:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 1 Chronicles 17:5, so the Hebrew word וָֽאֶהְיֶ֛ה (vaehye) 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.17.5.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.17.5.W12.S1) and character.