2 Kings 17:41:12 Kgs.17.41.W1TAB
וַיִּהְי֣וּ
vayihyu
“and they were”
- Transliteration
- va-yi-HYU
- Extended
- vah-yih-HYOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jiˈhjuː/
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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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yi-HYU
- phraseyour reading level
va-yi-HYU ha-go-YIM ha-E-le
- clause
va-yi-HYU ha-go-YIM ha-E-le ye-re-IM et-Ye-ho-VAH ve-et-pe-si-LE-hem ha-YU o-ve-DIM
- sentence
va-yi-HYU ha-go-YIM ha-E-le ye-re-IM et-Ye-ho-VAH ve-et-pe-si-LE-hem ha-YU o-ve-DIM gam-be-NE-hem u-ve-NE ve-NE ve-ne-HEM ka-a-SHER a-SU a-vo-TAM HEM o-SIM AD ha-YOM ha-ZE
Exegesis
The clause opens with wayyihyû {וַיִּהְי֣וּ | wayyihyû} ‘and they were,’ using a waw-consecutive form to describe an ongoing state rather than a single event.
In context — 2 Kings 17:41
And these nations feared the LORD , and they were serving their idols ; also their children and their grandchildren, just as their fathers did, they are doing to this day.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 17:41:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Kings 17:41, 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.17.41.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.17.41.W1.S1) and character.