1 Kings 14:25:11 Kgs.14.25.W1TAB
וַיְהִ֛י
vayehi
“and it happened”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-HI
- Extended
- vah-yeh-HEE
- IPA
- /vajəˈhiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and it happened
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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 ba-sha-NA ha-kha-mi-SHIT la-ME-lekh re-khab-AM
- sentence
va-ye-HI ba-sha-NA ha-kha-mi-SHIT la-ME-lekh re-khab-AM a-LA sho-SHAK shi-SHAK ME-lekh-mits-RA-yim al-ye-ru-sha-LIM
Exegesis
The clause opens with vayhi {וַיְהִ֛י | wa-yəhî} ‘and it happened’, a conventional discourse marker that signals a new episode in a historical sequence.
In context — 1 Kings 14:25
And it happened in the fifth year of King Rehoboam, Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 14:25:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Kings 14:25, so the Hebrew word וַיְהִ֛י (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.14.25.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.14.25.W1.S1) and character.