2 Chronicles 12:2:12 Chr.12.2.W1TAB
וַיְהִ֞י
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
- clause
va-ye-HI ba-sha-NA ha-kha-mi-SHIT la-ME-lekh re-kha-VA-am A-la shi-SHAK ME-lekh-mits-RA-yim al-ye-ru-sha-LA-im
- sentence
va-ye-HI ba-sha-NA ha-kha-mi-SHIT la-ME-lekh re-kha-VA-am A-la shi-SHAK ME-lekh-mits-RA-yim al-ye-ru-sha-LA-im KI ma-a-LU ba-ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The narrative begins with the waw-consecutive + Qal imperfect vayehi {וַיְהִי | va-yĭhî} ‘and it happened’, signaling a historical account.
In context — 2 Chronicles 12:2
And it happened in the fifth year of King Rehoboam that Shishak, king of Egypt, went up against Jerusalem because they acted unfaithfully against the LORD .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 12:2:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Chronicles 12:2, 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.12.2.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.12.2.W1.S1) and character.