1 Chronicles 20:4:11 Chr.20.4.W1TAB
וַיְהִי֙
vayehi
“and it happened”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-HI
- Extended
- vah-yeh-HEE
- IPA
- /vajəˈhiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and it happened
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 | |
| 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 a-kha-REI-KHEN va-ta-a-MOD mil-kha-MA be-GE-zer im-pe-lish-TIM
- sentence
va-ye-HI a-kha-REI-KHEN va-ta-a-MOD mil-kha-MA be-GE-zer im-pe-lish-TIM AZ hi-KA sib-be-KHAI ha-khu-sha-TI et-sip-PAI mi-yi-lid-EI har-fe-a-IM va-yik-ka-NE-u
Exegesis
The vav-consecutive imperfect vayehi {וַיְהִי֙ | wə·yĕ·hî} ‘and it happened’ introduces the narrative sequence.
In context — 1 Chronicles 20:4
And it happened after this, that war arose in Gezer with the Philistines. Then Sibbekai the Hushathite struck Sippai, from the descendants of the Rephaim, and the Philistines were subdued.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 20:4:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Chronicles 20:4, 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.20.4.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.20.4.W1.S1) and character.