1 Samuel 22:2:141 Sam.22.2.W14TAB
וַיִּהְי֣וּ
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
va-yih-YU im-MO
- clause
va-yih-YU im-MO ke-ar-BA me-OT ISH
- sentence
va-yit-kab-TSU e-LAV kol-ISH ma-TSOK ve-kol-ISH a-SHER-lo no-SHE ve-kol-ISH ISH mar-NE-fesh va-ye-HI a-LE-hem le-SAR va-yih-YU im-MO ke-ar-BA me-OT ISH
Exegesis
Finally, the verbless clause wayyiĥyû ʿimmô kəʾarbaʿ mēʾôt ʾîš {וַיִּהְי֣וּ עִמּ֔וֹ כְּאַרְבַּ֥ע מֵא֖וֹת אִֽישׁ | wayyiĥyû ʿimmô kəʾarbaʿ mēʾôt ʾîš} ‘and about four hundred men were with him’ underscores the concrete outcome of this solidarity. The translation maintains the vav-consecutive past tense narrative and the layered parallelism in cohesive English syntax.
In context — 1 Samuel 22:2
And all the distressed men and all the men who had debts and all the bitter-souled men gathered to him; and he became their captain , and about four hundred men were with him.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 22:2:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 1 Samuel 22:2, so the Hebrew word וַיִּהְי֣וּ (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.22.2.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.22.2.W14.S1) and character.