2 Kings 17:32:12 Kgs.17.32.W1TAB
וַיִּהְי֥וּ
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 ye-re-IM
- clause
va-yih-YU ye-re-IM et-ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-yih-YU ye-re-IM et-ye-ho-VAH va-ya-a-SU la-HEM mik-tso-TAM ko-ha-NEI va-MOT va-yih-YU o-SIM la-HEM be-VEIT ha-va-MOT
Exegesis
The narrative employs the vav-consecutive imperfect wayyihiyu {וַיִּהְי֥וּ | wayyiḥîyyū} ‘and they became’ to introduce sequential actions.
In context — 2 Kings 17:32
They feared the LORD , but they also made for themselves from among themselves priests of the high places, and they continually offered sacrifices for them in the house of the high places .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 17:32:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Kings 17:32, so the Hebrew word וַיִּהְי֥וּ (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.17.32.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.17.32.W1.S1) and character.