1 Chronicles 20:6:41 Chr.20.6.W4TAB
וַיְהִ֣י
vayehi
“and there was”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-HI
- Extended
- vah-yeh-HEE
- IPA
- /vaj.ˈhiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and there was
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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
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va-ye-HI
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-HI ISH mid-DA
- clause
va-ye-HI ISH mid-DA ve-ets-be-o-TAI-v SHESH-va-SHESH e-se-RIM ve-ar-BA ve-GAM-HU no-LAD le-ha-ra-FA
- sentence
va-te-HI-OD mil-kha-MA be-GAT va-ye-HI ISH mid-DA ve-ets-be-o-TAI-v SHESH-va-SHESH e-se-RIM ve-ar-BA ve-GAM-HU no-LAD le-ha-ra-FA
Exegesis
A second vav-consecutive vayehi {וַיְהִי | va·yə·hî} introduces ish middah {אִישׁ מִדָּה | ʾîš mid·dāh} “a man of measure,” marking exceptional size.
In context — 1 Chronicles 20:6
And there was again battle in Gath, and there was a man of great stature whose fingers were six on each hand and whose toes were six on each foot, twenty and four in total; and he also was born to Rapha .
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 20:6:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Chronicles 20:6, so the Hebrew word וַיְהִ֣י (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.20.6.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.20.6.W4.S1) and character.