2 Kings 20:4:12 Kgs.20.4.W1TAB
וַיְהִ֣י
vayehi
“and it happened”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-HI
- Extended
- vah-yeh-HEE
- IPA
- /vaj.jəˈhiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and it happened
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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
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-HI ye-sha-YA-hu
- clause
va-ye-HI ye-sha-YA-hu LO ya-TSA ha-IR kha-TSER ha-ti-kho-NA
- sentence
va-ye-HI ye-sha-YA-hu LO ya-TSA ha-IR kha-TSER ha-ti-kho-NA u-de-VAR-ye-ho-VAH ha-YA e-LAV le-MOR
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav-consecutive wayhi {וַיְהִ֣י | wayhî} ‘and it was’, which introduces a temporal clause marking narrative action.
In context — 2 Kings 20:4
Before Isaiah had gone out of the middle court of the city, the word of the LORD came to him, saying,
About this coordinate
2 Kings 20:4:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Kings 20:4, so the Hebrew word וַיְהִ֣י (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.20.4.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.20.4.W1.S1) and character.