1 Kings 13:34:11 Kgs.13.34.W1TAB
וַיְהִי֙
vayehi
“became”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-HI
- Extended
- vah-yeh-HEE
- IPA
- /vajəˈhiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- became
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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 bad-da-VAR ha-ZE le-khat-TAT BET ya-rav-AM
- sentence
va-ye-HI bad-da-VAR ha-ZE le-khat-TAT BET ya-rav-AM u-le-hakh-KHID u-le-hash-MID me-AL pe-NE ha-a-da-MA
Exegesis
The narrative opens with vayehi {וַיְהִי֙ | wayehî} ‘and it came to be’, which introduces a consequential development.
In context — 1 Kings 13:34
And it came to be in this matter that the house of Jeroboam sinned and was cut off and destroyed from upon the face of the earth .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 13:34:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Kings 13:34, so the Hebrew word וַיְהִי֙ (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.13.34.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.13.34.W1.S1) and character.