1 Chronicles 18:2:31 Chr.18.2.W3TAB
וַיִּהְי֤וּ
vayihyu
“and they became”
- Transliteration
- va-yih-YU
- Extended
- vah-yih-YOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jihˈjuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they became
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| 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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-yih-YU
- phraseyour reading level
va-yih-YU mo-AV
- clause
va-yih-YU mo-AV a-va-DIM le-da-VID no-se-E min-KHA
- sentence
va-YAKH ET-mo-AV va-yih-YU mo-AV a-va-DIM le-da-VID no-se-E min-KHA
Exegesis
The second vav consecutive in vayihyu {וַיִּהְיוּ | va-yihyû́} ‘and they became’ signals the resulting state.
In context — 1 Chronicles 18:2
And he struck down Moab, and Moab became servants to David , bringing tribute .
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 18:2:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Chronicles 18:2, so the Hebrew word וַיִּהְי֤וּ (vayihyu) 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.18.2.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.18.2.W3.S1) and character.