2 Kings 22:3:12 Kgs.22.3.W1TAB
וַיְהִ֗י
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
- clause
va-ye-HI bish-mo-NE e-se-RE sha-NA lam-ME-lekh yo-shi-YA-hu
- sentence
va-ye-HI bish-mo-NE e-se-RE sha-NA lam-ME-lekh yo-shi-YA-hu sha-LAKH ham-ME-lekh et-sha-FAN ben-a-zal-YA-hu ben-me-shul-LAM has-so-FER BET ye-ho-VAH le-MOR
Exegesis
The narrative opens with the vav-consecutive verb vayehi {וַיְהִי | wa-yə-hî} ‘and it happened,’ establishing a temporal frame.
In context — 2 Kings 22:3
And it happened in the eighteenth year of King Josiah, the king sent Shaphan son of Azaliah son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of the LORD to say.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 22:3:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Kings 22:3, so the Hebrew word וַיְהִ֗י (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.22.3.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.22.3.W1.S1) and character.