2 Chronicles 24:11:12 Chr.24.11.W1TAB
וַיְהִ֡י
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 be-ET ya-VI ET-ha-A-ron el-pe-KUD-dat ha-ME-lekh be-YAD hal-ve-YIM ve-khir-o-TAM ki-RAV ha-KE-sef u-VA so-FER ha-ME-lekh u-fe-KID ko-HEN ha-ROSH vi-a-RU ET-ha-A-ron ve-yis-SA-u-hu vi-shi-VU-hu el-me-ko-MO
- sentence
va-ye-HI be-ET ya-VI ET-ha-A-ron el-pe-KUD-dat ha-ME-lekh be-YAD hal-ve-YIM ve-khir-o-TAM ki-RAV ha-KE-sef u-VA so-FER ha-ME-lekh u-fe-KID ko-HEN ha-ROSH vi-a-RU ET-ha-A-ron ve-yis-SA-u-hu vi-shi-VU-hu el-me-ko-MO KO a-SU le-YOM be-YOM va-ya-as-FU-KHE-sef la-ROV
Exegesis
The opening vayehi {וַיְהִי | wā·yəhî} ‘and it happened’ introduces a narrative framework.
In context — 2 Chronicles 24:11
And it happened at the time when the chest was brought to the oversight of the king by the hand of the Levites , and when they saw that the silver was abundant, the king’s scribe and the overseer of the chief priest would come and empty the chest and then carry it and return it to its place. Thus they did day after day, and they collected silver in great abundance .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 24:11:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Chronicles 24:11, so the Hebrew word וַיְהִ֡י (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.24.11.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.24.11.W1.S1) and character.