2 Kings 14:5:12 Kgs.14.5.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 ka-a-SHER kha-ze-KA ham-mam-la-KHA be-ya-DO
- sentence
va-ye-HI ka-a-SHER kha-ze-KA ham-mam-la-KHA be-ya-DO va-YAKH ET-a-va-DAIV ham-ma-KHIM ET-ha-ME-lekh a-VIV
Exegesis
The verse begins with vayehi {וַיְהִי | wa-ye-hî} ‘and it happened’, where the vav-consecutive Qal imperfect marks a new narrative development.
In context — 2 Kings 14:5
And it happened, when the kingdom had become secure in his grasp, that he struck the servants who had struck the king his father.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 14:5:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Kings 14:5, 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 Kgs.14.5.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.14.5.W1.S1) and character.