2 Chronicles 21:9:62 Chr.21.9.W6TAB
וַיְהִי֙
vayehi
“and it came to be”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-HI
- Extended
- vah-yeh-HEE
- IPA
- /vajəˈhiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and it came to be
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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 KAM LAI-la va-YAKH et-e-doM ha-so-VEV e-LAV ve-ET sa-RE ha-RA-khev
- sentence
va-ya-A-vor ye-ho-RAM im-sa-RA-v ve-khol-ha-RE-khev i-MO va-ye-HI KAM LAI-la va-YAKH et-e-doM ha-so-VEV e-LAV ve-ET sa-RE ha-RA-khev
Exegesis
The compound wāyəhî qām {וַיְהִי֙ קָ֣ם | wāyəhî qām} ‘and it came to pass, he arose’ introduces the temporal setting lăylāh {לַ֔יְלָה | lăylāh} ‘night’.
In context — 2 Chronicles 21:9
Then Jehoram crossed over with his officers and all the chariotry with him. And it came to pass that he rose at night and struck the Edomites, those surrounding him, and the officers of the chariotry.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 21:9:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Chronicles 21:9, so the Hebrew word וַיְהִי֙ (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.21.9.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.21.9.W6.S1) and character.