1 Kings 16:31:11 Kgs.16.31.W1TAB

וַיְהִי֙

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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Result
וַ + יְ + הִי֙
va + ye + hi
vayehi

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-ye-HI

  2. clause

    va-ye-HI ha-na-KEL LEKH-to be-kha-TO-ot ya-ra-VA-am ben-ne-VAT

  3. sentence

    va-ye-HI ha-na-KEL LEKH-to be-kha-TO-ot ya-ra-VA-am ben-ne-VAT va-yik-KAKH i-SHA et-i-ze-VEL bat-et-be-AL ME-lekh tsi-do-NIM va-ye-LEKH va-ya-a-VOD et-ha-ba-AL va-yish-ta-KHU LO

Exegesis

The verse opens with the infinitive absolute hanaqel {הֲנָקֵל | hə-nā-qêl} ‘light-thing idiom’, paired with the vav-consecutive vayhi {וַיְהִי֙ | wā-yə-hî} to introduce a concessive nuance, showing that Ahab regarded his actions as insignificant.

In context1 Kings 16:31

And it was a trivial thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, and he took as wife Jezebel daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and he went and served Baal and bowed down to him.

About this coordinate

1 Kings 16:31:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Kings 16:31, 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.16.31.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.16.31.W1.S1) and character.