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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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 ha-na-KEL LEKH-to be-kha-TO-ot ya-ra-VA-am ben-ne-VAT
- 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 context — 1 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.