1 Chronicles 20:5:11 Chr.20.5.W1TAB
וַתְּהִי־ע֥וֹד
vattehiod
“and it was again or still”
- Transliteration
- vat-te-HI-OD
- Extended
- vaht-teh-HEE-OHD
- IPA
- /vat.təˈhiː.ˈʕoːd/
Meaning by language
- English
- and it was again or still
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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 | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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Word in context
- word
vat-te-HI-OD
- phraseyour reading level
vat-te-HI-OD mil-kha-MA
- clause
vat-te-HI-OD mil-kha-MA et-pe-lish-TIM
- sentence
vat-te-HI-OD mil-kha-MA et-pe-lish-TIM va-YAKH el-kha-NAN ben-ya-OR ya-IR et-lakh-MI a-KHI gal-YAT ha-git-TI ve-ETS kha-NI-to kim-NOR or-GIM
Exegesis
The narrative sequence is introduced by the vav-consecutive in vattehi {וַתְּהִי | vaṯ-te-hî} ‘and it was’, marking a new episode.
The adverb od {עוֹד | ʿōḏ} ‘again’ signals resumed conflict.
In context — 1 Chronicles 20:5
And again, there was a battle with the Philistines, and Elhanan son of Yair struck Lahmi, the brother of Goliath the Gittite , and the shaft of his spear was like a weaver’s beam .
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 20:5:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Chronicles 20:5, so the Hebrew word וַתְּהִי־ע֥וֹד (vattehiod) 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.20.5.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.20.5.W1.S1) and character.