1 Samuel 16:6:11 Sam.16.6.W1TAB
וַיְהִ֣י
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 be-vo-AM
- clause
va-ye-HI be-vo-AM va-yar-E et-e-li-AV
- sentence
va-ye-HI be-vo-AM va-yar-E et-e-li-AV va-yo-MER AKH NE-ged Ye-ho-VAH me-shi-KHO
Exegesis
The narrative employs a vav consecutive sequence—vayhi {וַיְהִי | va·ye·hî} ‘and it happened’, vayar {וַיַּרְא | vay·yar} ‘and he saw’, vayomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | vay·yō·mer} ‘and he said’—to propel the storyline.
In context — 1 Samuel 16:6
And it happened, when they came, that he saw Eliab and said, “Surely before the LORD stands His anointed one .”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 16:6:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Samuel 16:6, so the Hebrew word וַיְהִ֣י (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 Sam.16.6.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.16.6.W1.S1) and character.