2 Chronicles 10:2:12 Chr.10.2.W1TAB

וַיְהִ֞י

vayehi

and it happened

Transliteration
va-ye-HI
Extended
vah-yeh-HEE
IPA
/vajəˈhiː/

Meaning by language

English
and it happened

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יְ + הִ֞י
va + ye + hi
vayehi

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-ye-HI

  2. clause

    va-ye-HI kish-MO-a ya-ra-VA-m ben-ne-VAT ve-HU be-mits-RA-yim a-SHER ba-RAKH mip-pe-NE she-lo-MO ha-ME-lekh

  3. sentence

    va-ye-HI kish-MO-a ya-ra-VA-m ben-ne-VAT ve-HU be-mits-RA-yim a-SHER ba-RAKH mip-pe-NE she-lo-MO ha-ME-lekh va-ya-SHAV ya-ra-VA-m mim-mits-RA-yim

Exegesis

The verse begins with the vav-consecutive vayehi {וַיְהִי | wayhî} ‘and it happened’, signaling a narrative transition.

In context2 Chronicles 10:2

And it happened when Jeroboam son of Nebat heard and he was in Egypt , where he had fled from before Solomon the king, that Jeroboam returned from Egypt.

About this coordinate

2 Chronicles 10:2:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Chronicles 10:2, so the Hebrew word וַיְהִ֞י (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 2 Chr.10.2.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.10.2.W1.S1) and character.