2 Kings 21:15:62 Kgs.21.15.W6TAB
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 makh-e-si-SIM
- clause
YA-an a-SHER a-SU et-ha-RA be-e-NAI va-yih-YU makh-e-si-SIM o-TI
- sentence
YA-an a-SHER a-SU et-ha-RA be-e-NAI va-yih-YU makh-e-si-SIM o-TI min-ha-YOM a-SHER ya-TSE-u a-vo-TAM mim-mits-ra-YIM ve-AD ha-YOM ha-ZE
Exegesis
A vav-consecutive imperfect vayihyu {וַיִּהְי֥וּ | wayyihyū} ‘and they became’ leads into the hifil participle mach'isim {מַכְעִסִ֖ים | makkʿîsîm} ‘provoking’, emphasizing continuous provocation. A temporal frame from the exodus to the present is expressed by min hayom¹ asher yatz'u avotam mimitzrayim ve'ad hayom² hazeh, combining prepositional and relative clauses to underscore covenantal continuity and divine patience.
In context — 2 Kings 21:15
Because they have done the evil in My eyes, and they have been provoking Me from the day their fathers went out from Egypt until this day.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 21:15:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Kings 21:15, 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.21.15.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.21.15.W6.S1) and character.