1 Kings 13:24:61 Kgs.13.24.W6TAB
וַתְּהִ֤י
vatehi
“and it was”
- Transliteration
- va-te-HI
- Extended
- vah-teh-HEE
- IPA
- /vat.təˈhiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and it was
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 |
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Word in context
- word
va-te-HI
- phraseyour reading level
va-te-HI niv-la-TO
- clause
va-te-HI niv-la-TO moosh-le-KHET ba-DE-rekh ve-ha-kha-MOR o-MED ets-LA ve-ha-ar-YE o-MED E-TSEL ha-ne-ve-LA
- sentence
va-YE-lekh va-yim-tsa-E-hu ar-YE ba-DE-rekh va-ye-MEE-te-hu va-te-HI niv-la-TO moosh-le-KHET ba-DE-rekh ve-ha-kha-MOR o-MED ets-LA ve-ha-ar-YE o-MED E-TSEL ha-ne-ve-LA
In context — 1 Kings 13:24
And he went on his way, and a lion met him on the road and killed him, and his corpse was cast on the road; the donkey stood beside it, and the lion stood beside the corpse.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 13:24:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Kings 13:24, so the Hebrew word וַתְּהִ֤י (vatehi) 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.13.24.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.13.24.W6.S1) and character.