1 Samuel 20:27:11 Sam.20.27.W1TAB
וַיְהִ֗י
vayehi
“and it was”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-HI
- Extended
- vah-yeh-HEE
- IPA
- /vajəˈhiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and it was
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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 mim-ma-kho-RAT ha-KHO-desh hash-she-NI va-yip-pa-KED me-KOM da-VID va-yo-MER sha-UL el-ye-ho-na-TAN be-NO mad-DU-a lo-VA ben-yi-SHAI gam-te-MOL gam-ha-YOM el-hal-LE-khem
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav-consecutive vayhi {וַיְהִ֣י | va-ye-hî} introducing a temporal clause, followed by the compound temporal expression mimmachorat {מִמָּחֳרָת | mim-ma-ḥô-rāt} “from the morrow.”
A second vav-consecutive vayhi {וַיְהִ֣י | va-ye-hî} precedes the construct chain hayom hasheni lachodesh {הַיּוֹם הַשֵּׁנִי לַחֹדֶשׁ | ha-yôm ha-šê-nî la-ḥō-ḏêš} “the day the second of the month.”
In context — 1 Samuel 20:27
And it was the next day, the second day of the month, and David’s place was filled; and Saul said to Jonathan, “Why has the son of Jesse not come today and also yesterday to the meal?”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 20:27:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Samuel 20:27, so the Hebrew word וַיְהִ֗י (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.20.27.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.20.27.W1.S1) and character.