2 Chronicles 22:8:12 Chr.22.8.W1TAB
וַיְהִ֕י
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 ke-hish-PA-fet ye-HU im-BET a-khAV
- sentence
va-ye-HI ke-hish-PA-fet ye-HU im-BET a-khAV va-yim-TSA et-sa-RE ye-hu-DA u-ve-NE a-KHE a-khaz-ya-HU me-sha-re-TIM la-a-khaz-ya-HU va-ya-har-GEM
Exegesis
The verse opens with vayhi {וַיְהִ֕י | va-yə-hî}, a vav-consecutive Qal imperfect that frames the narrative time.
In context — 2 Chronicles 22:8
It happened, while Jehu was executing judgment on the house of Ahab, that he found the officials of Judah and the sons of Ahaziah’s brothers who were serving Ahaziah, and he killed them.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 22:8:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Chronicles 22:8, so the Hebrew word וַיְהִ֕י (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.22.8.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.22.8.W1.S1) and character.