2 Kings 15:5:42 Kgs.15.5.W4TAB
וַיְהִ֤י
vayehi
“and he was and it happened”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-HI
- Extended
- vah-yeh-HEE
- IPA
- /vaj.jəˈhiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he was 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
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-HI me-tso-RA
- clause
va-ye-NAG-ga ye-ho-VAH et-ha-ME-lekh va-ye-HI me-tso-RA ad-YOM mo-TO va-ye-SHEV be-VEIT ha-khaf-SHIT
- sentence
va-ye-NAG-ga ye-ho-VAH et-ha-ME-lekh va-ye-HI me-tso-RA ad-YOM mo-TO va-ye-SHEV be-VEIT ha-khaf-SHIT ve-yo-TAM ben-ha-ME-lekh al-ha-BA-yit sho-FET et-AM ha-A-rets
Exegesis
This is followed by vayhi {וַיְהִ֤י | vayhi} ‘and He became’, introducing the resultant state of metzora‘ {מְצֹרָע֙ | məṣōrāʿ} ‘leper’ in the adverbial clause ad-yom-mōtô {עַד־יוֹם־מֹתוֹ | ʿad-yōm-mōtô} ‘until the day of his death’.
In context — 2 Kings 15:5
And the LORD struck the king and he became a leper until the day of his death, and he lived in the house of separation. And Jotham, the king’s son, was over the house judging the people of the land.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 15:5:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Kings 15:5, 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 Kgs.15.5.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.15.5.W4.S1) and character.