2 Samuel 13:23:42 Sam.13.23.W4TAB
וַיִּהְי֤וּ
vayihyu
“and there were”
- Transliteration
- va-yih-YU
- Extended
- vah-yih-YOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jihˈjuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and there 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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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yih-YU
- phraseyour reading level
va-yih-YU go-ze-ZIM
- 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 coordinator vayihyu {וַיִּהְיוּ֙ | wayyihyû} ‘and they were’ introduces the circumstance clause where gōżzîm {גֹֽזְזִים֙ | gōżzîm} ‘shearers’ denotes the workers at the sheep-shearing festival.
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 13:23:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Samuel 13:23, so the Hebrew word וַיִּהְי֤וּ (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 Sam.13.23.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.13.23.W4.S1) and character.