1 Kings 13:6:221 Kgs.13.6.W22TAB
וַתְּהִ֖י
vatehi
“became”
- Transliteration
- va-te-HI
- Extended
- vah-teh-HEE
- IPA
- /vat.təˈhiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- became
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
- clause
va-ye-KHAL ish-ha-e-lo-HIM et-pe-NE ye-ho-VAH va-ta-SHAV yad-ha-ME-lekh e-LAV va-te-HI ke-va-ri-sho-NA
- sentence
va-YA-an ha-ME-lekh va-YO-mer el-ISH ha-e-lo-HIM khal-NA et-pe-NE ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha ve-hit-pa-LEL ba-a-DI ve-ta-SHOV ya-DI e-LAI va-ye-KHAL ish-ha-e-lo-HIM et-pe-NE ye-ho-VAH va-ta-SHAV yad-ha-ME-lekh e-LAV va-te-HI ke-va-ri-sho-NA
Exegesis
The narrative employs a chain of vav-consecutive clauses—vayaʿan {וַיַּ֨עַן | wayyaʿan} ‘answered,’ vayyōmer {וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | vayyōmer} ‘said,’ wayyaḥal {וַיְחַ֤ל | wayyaḥal} ‘entreated,’ wattāšāḇ {וַתָּ֤שָׁב | wattāšāḇ} ‘it returned,’ and wattəhî {וַתְּהִ֖י | wattəhî} ‘it became’—to propel the past narrative.
In context — 1 Kings 13:6
And the king answered and said to the man of God, “Please seek the face of the LORD your God and pray for me, that my hand may return to me.” So the man of God sought the face of the LORD and the king’s hand was restored to him and became as it was before .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 13:6:22 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 22 of 1 Kings 13:6, so the Hebrew word וַתְּהִ֖י (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.13.6.W22, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.13.6.W22.S1) and character.