2 Kings 17:25:12 Kgs.17.25.W1TAB
וַיְהִ֗י
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 bit-khi-LAT shiv-TAM SHAM LO yar-E-u et-ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-ye-HI bit-khi-LAT shiv-TAM SHAM LO yar-E-u et-ye-ho-VAH va-ye-shal-LAKH ye-ho-VAH ba-HEM et-ha-a-ra-YOT va-yih-YU hor-GIM ba-HEM
Exegesis
The initial clause begins with vayhi {וַיְהִ֗י | way·yə·hî} ‘and it happened’, followed by the temporal phrase bitkhilat {בִּתְחִלַּת֙ | bit·ḥil·lāt} ‘at the beginning of’ with the construct noun shivtām {שִׁבְתָּ֣ם | šiv·tām} ‘their dwelling’ and the locative sham {שָׁ֔ם | šām} ‘there’, setting time and place.
In context — 2 Kings 17:25
And it happened at the beginning of their dwelling there that they did not fear the LORD , and the LORD sent among them the lions, and they were killing among them.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 17:25:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Kings 17:25, so the Hebrew word וַיְהִ֗י (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.17.25.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.17.25.W1.S1) and character.