וַיְהִ֣י

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיְהִ֣י

   va-ye-HI

   and it happened
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיְהִ֣י לְיָמִ֣ים מִיָּמִ֡ים

   va-ye-HI le-ya-MIM mi-ya-MIM

   and it happened after days from days
3. clause🔊 וַיְהִ֣י לְיָמִ֣ים מִיָּמִ֡ים וּכְעֵת֩ צֵ֨את הַקֵּ֜ץ לְיָמִ֣ים שְׁנַ֗יִם יָצְא֤וּ מֵעָיו֙ עִם־חָלְי֔וֹ וַיָּ֖מָת בְּתַחֲלֻאִ֣ים רָעִ֑ים

   va-ye-HI le-ya-MIM mi-ya-MIM u-khe-ET TSET ha-KETS le-ya-MIM she-NA-yim ya-TSE-u me-AV im-kha-le-YO va-ya-MAT be-ta-kha-lu-IM ra-IM

   and it happened after days from days and when the time to go out the end for days two they went out his inward parts with his sickness and he died in sicknesses evil
4. sentence🔊 וַיְהִ֣י לְיָמִ֣ים מִיָּמִ֡ים וּכְעֵת֩ צֵ֨את הַקֵּ֜ץ לְיָמִ֣ים שְׁנַ֗יִם יָצְא֤וּ מֵעָיו֙ עִם־חָלְי֔וֹ וַיָּ֖מָת בְּתַחֲלֻאִ֣ים רָעִ֑ים וְלֹא־עָ֨שׂוּ ל֥וֹ עַמּ֛וֹ שְׂרֵפָ֖ה כִּשְׂרֵפַ֥ת אֲבֹתָֽיו׃

   va-ye-HI le-ya-MIM mi-ya-MIM u-khe-ET TSET ha-KETS le-ya-MIM she-NA-yim ya-TSE-u me-AV im-kha-le-YO va-ya-MAT be-ta-kha-lu-IM ra-IM ve-LO-a-SU LO a-MO se-re-FA ki-se-re-FAT a-vo-TAV

   and it happened after days from days and when the time to go out the end for days two they went out his inward parts with his sickness and he died in sicknesses evil and they did not make for him his people a burning like the burning of his fathers

Exegesis

The narrative opens with the vav-consecutive marker vayehi {וַיְהִ֣י | wayhî} ‘and it was,’ introducing a new episode.