1 Chronicles 17:8:11 Chr.17.8.W1TAB
וָֽאֶהְיֶ֣ה
vaeheye
“and I was or and I have been”
- Transliteration
- va-e-HE-ye
- Extended
- vaa-eh-HEH-yeh
- IPA
- /vaː.ʔɛhˈjɛ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and I was or and I have been
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 | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a 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-HE-ye
- phraseyour reading level
va-e-HE-ye im-me-KHA
- clause
va-e-HE-ye im-me-KHA be-KHOL a-SHER ha-LAKH-ta va-a-KHRI-t et-KOL-O-ye-VE-kha mi-pa-NE-kha
- sentence
va-e-HE-ye im-me-KHA be-KHOL a-SHER ha-LAKH-ta va-a-KHRI-t et-KOL-O-ye-VE-kha mi-pa-NE-kha ve-a-SI-ti le-KHA SHEM ke-SHEM ha-ge-do-LIM a-SHER ba-A-rets
Exegesis
The verse begins with the vav-consecutive form va’ehyeh {וָאֶהְיֶה | wəʾeh-yēh} ‘and I have been’, marking a shift to divine narrative action, followed by immekha {עִמְּךָ | ʿim-mə-ḵā} ‘with you’, expressing accompaniment.
In context — 1 Chronicles 17:8
And I have been with you in all that you have gone, and I have cut off all your enemies from before you. And I will make for you a name like the name of the great ones who are in the land.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 17:8:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Chronicles 17:8, so the Hebrew word וָֽאֶהְיֶ֣ה (vaeheye) 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.17.8.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.17.8.W1.S1) and character.