1 Samuel 21:5:121 Sam.21.5.W12TABWLC 1 Samuel 21:6
וַיִּֽהְי֣וּ
vayihyu
“and they were”
- Transliteration
- va-yih-YU
- Extended
- vah-yih-YOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jihˈjuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they were
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-yih-YU
- phraseyour reading level
be-tse-TI va-yih-YU khe-LEI-ha-ne-a-RIM
- clause
be-tse-TI va-yih-YU khe-LEI-ha-ne-a-RIM KO-desh ve-HU DE-rekh-khol ve-AF ki-ha-YOM yik-DASH ba-KHE-li
- sentence
va-YA-an da-VID et-ha-kho-HEN va-YO-mer LO KI im-i-SHA a-tsu-RA-la-NU kit-MOL shil-SHOM be-tse-TI va-yih-YU khe-LEI-ha-ne-a-RIM KO-desh ve-HU DE-rekh-khol ve-AF ki-ha-YOM yik-DASH ba-KHE-li
In context — 1 Samuel 21:5
And David said to Achiel the priest, “Truly the women have been withheld from us just as when I went out , for the bodies of the young men are consecrated in this matter.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 21:5:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 1 Samuel 21:5, so the Hebrew word וַיִּֽהְי֣וּ (vayihyu) 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.21.5.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.21.5.W12.S1) and character.