1 Kings 18:29:11 Kgs.18.29.W1TAB
וַֽיְהִי֙
vayehi
“and it happened”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-HI
- Extended
- vah-yeh-HEE
- IPA
- /vajəˈhiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and it happened
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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 ka-a-VOR ha-tso-ha-ra-YIM va-yit-ne-be-U AD la-a-LOT ha-min-KHA
- sentence
va-ye-HI ka-a-VOR ha-tso-ha-ra-YIM va-yit-ne-be-U AD la-a-LOT ha-min-KHA ve-EN-KOL ve-EN-o-NE ve-EN KA-shev
Exegesis
The narrative opens with vayehi {וַיְהִי֙ | wa·yə·hî} ‘and it was’, marking a temporal shift.
In context — 1 Kings 18:29
And it happened as midday passed, and they prophesied until the time of the grain offering , but there was no voice, no one answered, and no one paid attention.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:29:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Kings 18:29, so the Hebrew word וַֽיְהִי֙ (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.18.29.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.29.W1.S1) and character.