1 Kings 21:16:11 Kgs.21.16.W1TAB
וַיְהִ֛י
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 kish-MO-a akh-AV KI MET na-VOT
- sentence
va-ye-HI kish-MO-a akh-AV KI MET na-VOT va-ya-KAM akh-AV la-RE-det el-KE-rem na-VOT ha-yiz-re-e-LI le-RISH-to
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav-consecutive perfect vayehi {וַיְהִ֛י | wəyyəhî} ‘and it happened,’ a narrative formula that sequences events.
In context — 1 Kings 21:16
And it happened when Ahab heard that Naboth had died, that Ahab arose to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to take possession of it.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 21:16:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Kings 21:16, so the Hebrew word וַיְהִ֛י (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.21.16.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.21.16.W1.S1) and character.