2 Chronicles 32:25:82 Chr.32.25.W8TAB
וַיְהִ֤י
vayehi
“and there was”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-HI
- Extended
- vah-yeh-HEE
- IPA
- /vaj.jəˈhiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and there was
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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
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-HI a-LAIV
- clause
va-ye-HI a-LAIV KE-tsef ve-al-ye-hu-DA vi-ru-sha-LA-im
- sentence
ve-LO-khig-MUL a-LAIV he-SHIV ye-khiz-ki-YA-hu KI ga-VAH LIB-BO va-ye-HI a-LAIV KE-tsef ve-al-ye-hu-DA vi-ru-sha-LA-im
Exegesis
The Vav consecutive wayəhî {וַיְהִי | wayəhî} ‘and it came to pass’ signals the transition to the result clause, placing qēṣep {קֶצֶף | qēṣep} ‘wrath’ as the subject, followed by the coordinate prepositional phrase wə-‘al yᵊhûḏāh wîrûšalāyim {וְעַל־יְהוּדָה וִירוּשָׁלָיִם | wə-‘al yᵊhûḏāh wîrûšalāyim} ‘and upon Judah and Jerusalem’, employing paratactic parallelism to underscore the breadth of judgment.
In context — 2 Chronicles 32:25
But Hezekiah did not return according to the recompense due him, because his heart was proud ; so wrath came upon him and upon Judah and Jerusalem.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 32:25:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Chronicles 32:25, so the Hebrew word וַיְהִ֤י (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.32.25.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.32.25.W8.S1) and character.