2 Kings 17:29:12 Kgs.17.29.W1TAB
וַיִּהְי֣וּ
vayihyu
“and they were”
- Transliteration
- va-yih-YU
- Extended
- vah-yih-YOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jihˈjuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they were
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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-yih-YU
- phraseyour reading level
va-yih-YU O-sim
- clause
va-yih-YU O-sim GOY GOY e-lo-HAV
- sentence
va-yih-YU O-sim GOY GOY e-lo-HAV va-ya-NI-khu be-VET ha-ba-MOT a-SHER a-SU ha-sho-me-ro-NIM GOY GOY be-a-re-HEM A-sher HEM yo-she-VIM SHAM
Exegesis
The first clause opens with vayyiḥû {וַיִּהְי֣וּ | vayyiḥû} ‘and they became’, linking sequentially to the preceding narrative.
In context — 2 Kings 17:29
And each nation made its own gods and set them in the shrines that the Samaritans had built in the cities where they lived.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 17:29:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Kings 17:29, so the Hebrew word וַיִּהְי֣וּ (vayihyu) 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.17.29.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.17.29.W1.S1) and character.