2 Kings 17:28:92 Kgs.17.28.W9TAB
וַֽיְהִי֙
vayehi
“and he was”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-HI
- Extended
- vah-yeh-HEE
- IPA
- /vajəˈhiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he 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
- clause
va-ye-HI mo-RE o-TAM EKH yi-re-U et-Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-ya-VO e-KHAD me-ha-ko-ha-NIM a-SHER hig-LU mish-sho-me-RON va-ye-SHEV be-VEIT-EL va-ye-HI mo-RE o-TAM EKH yi-re-U et-Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The narrative employs three sequential vav-prefixed verbs: vayavo {וַיָּבֹא | vá-ya-vô} ‘and he came’, vayeshev {וַיֵּשֶׁב | vá-ye-šêḇ} ‘and he settled’, and vayehi {וַיְהִי | vá-ye-hî} ‘and he became’, marking procession of events.
In the predicate vayehi moreh otam {וַיְהִי מוֹרֶה אֹתָם | vá-ye-hî mô-reh ô-tam}, the infinitive moreh functions as a nominal complement, “became their teacher.”
In context — 2 Kings 17:28
Then one of the priests who had been exiled from Samaria came and settled in Bethel, and he became their teacher, instructing them how they should fear the LORD .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 17:28:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 2 Kings 17:28, so the Hebrew word וַֽיְהִי֙ (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.17.28.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.17.28.W9.S1) and character.