1 Samuel 16:23:21 Sam.16.23.W2TAB
בִּֽהְי֤וֹת
biheyot
“when being”
- Transliteration
- bi-he-YOT
- Extended
- bih-heh-YOHT
- IPA
- /bihˈjoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- when being
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
bi-he-YOT
- phraseyour reading level
bi-he-YOT RU-akh-e-lo-HIM
- clause
ve-ha-YA bi-he-YOT RU-akh-e-lo-HIM el-sha-UL ve-la-KHAKH da-VID et-ha-ki-NOR ve-ni-GEN be-ya-DO
- sentence
ve-ha-YA bi-he-YOT RU-akh-e-lo-HIM el-sha-UL ve-la-KHAKH da-VID et-ha-ki-NOR ve-ni-GEN be-ya-DO ve-ra-VAKH le-sha-UL ve-TOV LO ve-sa-RA me-a-LAV RU-akh ha-ra-A
Exegesis
The infinitive construct bihyot {בִּהְיוֹת | bĭ-hĕ-yōṯ} functions as a temporal subordinate clause (“whenever”).
In context — 1 Samuel 16:23
And it happened, whenever the spirit of God was upon Saul, David would take the lyre and play with his hand, and relief came to Saul, and it was good for him; and the evil spirit departed from him.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 16:23:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Samuel 16:23, so the Hebrew word בִּֽהְי֤וֹת (biheyot) 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 Sam.16.23.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.16.23.W2.S1) and character.