1 Kings 18:44:11 Kgs.18.44.W1TAB
וֽ͏ַיְהִי֙
vayehi
“and it was”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-HI
- Extended
- vah-yeh-HEE
- IPA
- /vajəˈhiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and it was
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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-she-vi-IT va-yo-MER hin-NE-AV ke-tan-NA ke-KAF-ISH O-LA mi-YAM
- sentence
va-ye-HI ba-she-vi-IT va-yo-MER hin-NE-AV ke-tan-NA ke-KAF-ISH O-LA mi-YAM va-yo-MER a-LE e-MOR el-akh-AV e-SOR va-RED ve-LO ya-tsar-KHA ha-GE-shem
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav-consecutive imperfect vayehi {וַיְהִ֣י | wayyəhîy} ‘and it happened’, situating this episode within the ongoing narrative.
In context — 1 Kings 18:44
And it happened at the seventh that he said, “Behold, a small cloud like the palm of a man is rising from the sea.” And he said, “Go up, say to Ahab, ‘Hitch your chariot and go down, so that the rain does not stop you.’”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:44:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Kings 18:44, so the Hebrew word וֽ͏ַיְהִי֙ (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.18.44.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.44.W1.S1) and character.