1 Kings 13:20:51 Kgs.13.20.W5TAB
וַֽיְהִי֙
vayehi
“and it happened”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-HI
- Extended
- vah-yeh-HEE
- IPA
- /vajəˈhiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and it happened
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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
- word
va-ye-HI
- clause
va-ye-HI de-var-ye-ho-VAH el-ha-na-VI a-SHER he-shi-VO
- sentence
va-ye-HI HEM yo-she-VIM el-ha-shul-KHAN va-ye-HI de-var-ye-ho-VAH el-ha-na-VI a-SHER he-shi-VO
Exegesis
The verse begins with the vav-consecutive narrative marker vayhi {וַיְהִ֕י | wayyə́hî} ‘and it happened’, introducing a past temporal sequence.
A second vayhi {וַֽיְהִי֙ | wayyə́hî} shifts the focus to revelation: the construct expression davar YHWH {דְּבַר־יְהוָ֔ה | dəḇār Yəhōwāh} ‘word of the LORD’ serves as the main subject of prophecy, directed with el ha-navi {אֶל־הַנָּבִ֖יא | ʾel-hannāwîʾ} ‘to the prophet’.
In context — 1 Kings 13:20
And it happened, as they were sitting at the table, that the word of the LORD came to the prophet who had brought him back.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 13:20:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Kings 13:20, so the Hebrew word וַֽיְהִי֙ (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 Kgs.13.20.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.13.20.W5.S1) and character.