2 Kings 18:9:12 Kgs.18.9.W1TAB
וַֽיְהִ֞י
vayehi
“and it happened”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-HI
- Extended
- vah-yeh-HEE
- IPA
- /vajəˈhiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and it happened
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 | |
| 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 ba-sha-NA ha-re-vi-IT la-ME-lekh khiz-ki-YA-hu HI ha-sha-NA ha-she-vi-IT le-ho-SHE-a ben-E-la ME-lekh yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-ye-HI ba-sha-NA ha-re-vi-IT la-ME-lekh khiz-ki-YA-hu HI ha-sha-NA ha-she-vi-IT le-ho-SHE-a ben-E-la ME-lekh yis-ra-EL a-LA shal-ma-ne-SER ME-lekh-a-SHUR al-sho-me-RON va-ya-TSAR a-LE-ha
Exegesis
The verse begins with vayehi {וַֽיְהִ֞י | wayhî} ‘and it was’, a standard Hebrew narrative formula introducing a temporal framework.
In context — 2 Kings 18:9
And it came to pass in the fourth year of King Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah, king of Israel, that Shalmaneser, king of Assyria, went up against Samaria and besieged it.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 18:9:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Kings 18:9, so the Hebrew word וַֽיְהִ֞י (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.18.9.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.18.9.W1.S1) and character.