1 Kings 18:7:11 Kgs.18.7.W1TAB
וַיְהִ֤י
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
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-HI o-vad-ya-HU
- clause
va-ye-HI o-vad-ya-HU ba-DE-rekh ve-hi-NE e-li-YA-hu lik-ra-TO
- sentence
va-ye-HI o-vad-ya-HU ba-DE-rekh ve-hi-NE e-li-YA-hu lik-ra-TO va-yak-ki-RE-hu va-yip-POL al-pa-NAIV va-yo-MER ha-a-TA ZE a-do-NI e-li-YA-hu
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav-consecutive narrative marker vayehi {וַיְהִ֤י | wə-yə-hî} ‘and it was’, indicating continuation of the historical account.
In context — 1 Kings 18:7
And it happened as Obadiah was on the way that behold Elijah came to meet him; and he recognized him and fell on his face , and said, “Is it you, my lord Elijah?”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:7:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Kings 18:7, so the Hebrew word וַיְהִ֤י (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.18.7.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.7.W1.S1) and character.