2 Samuel 13:23:12 Sam.13.23.W1TAB
וַֽיְהִי֙
vayehi
“and it happened”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-HI
- Extended
- vah-yeh-HEE
- IPA
- /vajəˈhiː/
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 li-she-NA-ta-yim ya-MIM va-yih-YU go-ze-ZIM le-av-sha-LOM be-VA-al kha-TSOR a-SHER im-e-fra-YIM
- sentence
va-ye-HI li-she-NA-ta-yim ya-MIM va-yih-YU go-ze-ZIM le-av-sha-LOM be-VA-al kha-TSOR a-SHER im-e-fra-YIM va-yik-RA av-sha-LOM le-khol-be-NE ha-ME-lekh
Exegesis
The verse opens with the temporal marker vayhi {וַיְהִי֙ | wayyihî} ‘and it came to pass’, a vav-consecutive + Qal-imperfect third person masculine singular clause introducing a new narrative event.
In context — 2 Samuel 13:23
And it came to pass after two full years that there were shearers for Absalom at Baal Hazor, which is near Ephraim, and Absalom invited all the king’s sons .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 13:23:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Samuel 13:23, so the Hebrew word וַֽיְהִי֙ (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 Sam.13.23.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.13.23.W1.S1) and character.