1 Kings 14:28:11 Kgs.14.28.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 mi-DE-VO ha-ME-lekh BET ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-ye-HI mi-DE-VO ha-ME-lekh BET ye-ho-VAH yis-SA-um ha-ra-TSIM ve-he-shi-VUM el-TA ha-ra-TSIM
Exegesis
The verse begins with the narrative marker vayehi {וַיְהִ֛י | wayyəhî} ‘and it happened’, which, combined with the temporal expression midei {מִדֵּי־ | middê} ‘as often as’ and the infinitive bo {בֹ֥א | bōʼ} ‘coming’, establishes a repeated action.
In context — 1 Kings 14:28
And whenever the king entered the house of the LORD , the guards carried them and returned them to the guards’ chamber.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 14:28:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Kings 14:28, 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.14.28.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.14.28.W1.S1) and character.