1 Kings 13:33:171 Kgs.13.33.W17TAB
וִיהִ֖י
viyehi
“became”
- Transliteration
- vi-ye-HI
- Extended
- vih-yeh-HEE
- IPA
- /vijiˈhiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- became
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| 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
vi-ye-HI
- clause
va-ya-SHAV va-ya-AS mik-TSOT ha-AM ko-ha-NE va-MOT he-kha-FETS ye-mal-LEH et-ya-DO vi-ye-HI ko-ha-NE va-MOT
- sentence
a-KHAR ha-da-VAR ha-ZEH lo-SHAV ya-rav-AHM mi-dar-KO ha-ra-AH va-ya-SHAV va-ya-AS mik-TSOT ha-AM ko-ha-NE va-MOT he-kha-FETS ye-mal-LEH et-ya-DO vi-ye-HI ko-ha-NE va-MOT
Exegesis
Finally, the resultant vihi kohanei bamot {וִיהִי כֹּהֲנֵי בָמוֹת | wîhî kōhănê bāmôt} ‘and they became priests of the high places’ underscores the institutionalization of unauthorized worship.
In context — 1 Kings 13:33
After this event Jeroboam did not turn back from his evil way, but again made priests from the lowest ranks of the people for the high places ; whoever desired it he filled his hand and became a priest of the high places.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 13:33:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of 1 Kings 13:33, so the Hebrew word וִיהִ֖י (viyehi) 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.13.33.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.13.33.W17.S1) and character.