1 Kings 21:2:71 Kgs.21.2.W7TAB
וִֽיהִי־לִ֣י
vihili
“and let it be for me”
- Transliteration
- vi-hi-LI
- Extended
- vih-HEE-LEE
- IPA
- /wiˈhiː.liː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and let it be for me
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
vi-hi-LI
- phraseyour reading level
vi-hi-LI le-gan-ya-RAK
- clause
va-ye-da-BER akh-AV el-na-VOT le-MOR te-NA-li et-kar-me-KHA vi-hi-LI le-gan-ya-RAK KI HU ka-ROV E-tsel be-TI ve-et-te-NA le-KHA takh-TAV KE-rem TOV mim-me-NU
- sentence
va-ye-da-BER akh-AV el-na-VOT le-MOR te-NA-li et-kar-me-KHA vi-hi-LI le-gan-ya-RAK KI HU ka-ROV E-tsel be-TI ve-et-te-NA le-KHA takh-TAV KE-rem TOV mim-me-NU IM TOV be-e-NE-kha et-te-NA-le-KHA KE-sef me-KHIR ZE
Exegesis
The Qal imperfect veyihi-li {וִֽיהִי־לִ֣י | wə-yi-hî-lî} with legan-yarak {לְגַן־יָרָק | lə-gan-yā-rāq} forms a purposive clause ‘that it may become for me a garden’.
In context — 1 Kings 21:2
Ahab spoke to Naboth, saying, “Give me your vineyard , so it can serve as a garden , because it is adjacent to my house. I will offer you a better vineyard in exchange, or, if it seems right in your eyes, I will pay you its value in silver.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 21:2:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Kings 21:2, so the Hebrew word וִֽיהִי־לִ֣י (vihili) 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.21.2.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.21.2.W7.S1) and character.