1 Kings 21:28:11 Kgs.21.28.W1TAB
וֽ͏ַיְהִי֙
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
- sentence
va-ye-HI de-VAR-ye-ho-VAH el-e-li-YA-hu ha-tish-BI le-MOR
Exegesis
The vav-consecutive verb vayehi {וַיְהִי | wăy’hi} ‘and it came to be’ signals a new narrative event.
In context — 1 Kings 21:28
And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 21:28:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Kings 21:28, 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.21.28.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.21.28.W1.S1) and character.