2 Kings 13:21:12 Kgs.13.21.W1TAB
וַיְהִ֞י
vayehi
“happened”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-HI
- Extended
- vah-yeh-HEE
- IPA
- /vajəˈhiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- happened
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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 HEM ko-ve-RIM ISH ve-hin-NE RA-OO et-ha-ge-DUD va-yash-LEE-KHU et-ha-ISH be-KE-ver e-li-SHA
- sentence
va-ye-HI HEM ko-ve-RIM ISH ve-hin-NE RA-OO et-ha-ge-DUD va-yash-LEE-KHU et-ha-ISH be-KE-ver e-li-SHA va-YE-lekh va-yig-GA ha-ISH be-ats-MOT e-li-SHA va-ye-KHI va-ya-KAM al-rag-LAV
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav-consecutive marker vayhi {וַיְהִ֞י | way-yə-hî} ‘and it happened’, which, together with the participle kovrim {קֹבְרִ֣ים | qōvrîm} ‘burying’, establishes an ongoing action.
In context — 2 Kings 13:21
And it happened, as they were burying a man, that behold, they saw a raiding party, and they cast the man into the tomb of Elisha . When the man touched the bones of Elisha, he revived and stood on his feet.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 13:21:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Kings 13:21, so the Hebrew word וַיְהִ֞י (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 Kgs.13.21.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.13.21.W1.S1) and character.