וַיְהִי֩

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיְהִי֩

   va-ye-HI

   and it happened
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיְהִי֩ כִשְׁמֹ֨עַ הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ

   va-ye-HI khish-mo-A ha-ME-lekh

   and it happened upon hearing the king
3. clause🔊 וַיְהִי֩ כִשְׁמֹ֨עַ הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ אֶת־דְּבַ֣ר אִישׁ־הָאֱלֹהִ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֨ר קָרָ֤א עַל־הַמִּזְבֵּ֙חַ֙ בְּבֵֽית־אֵ֔ל וַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח יָרָבְעָ֧ם אֶת־יָד֛וֹ מֵעַ֥ל הַמִּזְבֵּ֖חַ לֵאמֹ֣ר תִּפְשֻׂ֑הוּ

   va-ye-HI khish-mo-A ha-ME-lekh et-de-VAR ish-ha-e-lo-HIM a-SHER ka-RA al-ha-miz-BE-akh be-VEIT-EL va-yish-LAKH ya-rav-AM et-ya-DO me-AL ha-miz-BE-akh le-MOR tif-SU-hu

   and it happened upon hearing the king the word of the man of God which cried out against the altar in Bethel stretched out Jeroboam his hand from upon the altar saying seize him
4. sentence🔊 וַיְהִי֩ כִשְׁמֹ֨עַ הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ אֶת־דְּבַ֣ר אִישׁ־הָאֱלֹהִ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֨ר קָרָ֤א עַל־הַמִּזְבֵּ֙חַ֙ בְּבֵֽית־אֵ֔ל וַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח יָרָבְעָ֧ם אֶת־יָד֛וֹ מֵעַ֥ל הַמִּזְבֵּ֖חַ לֵאמֹ֣ר תִּפְשֻׂ֑הוּ וַתִּיבַ֤שׁ יָדוֹ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר שָׁלַ֣ח עָלָ֔יו וְלֹ֥א יָכֹ֖ל לַהֲשִׁיבָ֥הּ אֵלָֽיו׃

   va-ye-HI khish-mo-A ha-ME-lekh et-de-VAR ish-ha-e-lo-HIM a-SHER ka-RA al-ha-miz-BE-akh be-VEIT-EL va-yish-LAKH ya-rav-AM et-ya-DO me-AL ha-miz-BE-akh le-MOR tif-SU-hu va-ti-VASH ya-DO a-SHER sha-LAKH a-LAV ve-LO ya-KHOL la-ha-shi-VA e-LAV

   and it happened upon hearing the king the word of the man of God which cried out against the altar in Bethel stretched out Jeroboam his hand from upon the altar saying seize him and it dried up his hand which had stretched out against him and not was able to bring it back to himself

Exegesis

The verse begins with the vav-consecutive narrative marker vayehi {וַיְהִי֩ | wayhî} ‘and it happened’, a formula introducing sequential events in Hebrew historiography.