2 Samuel 13:30:12 Sam.13.30.W1TAB
וַֽיְהִי֙
vayehi
“and it happened”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-HI
- Extended
- vah-yeh-HEE
- IPA
- /vajəˈhiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and it happened
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 | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ye-HI
- clause
va-ye-HI HE-ma ba-DE-rekh ve-hash-she-mu-A ba-A el-da-VID le-MOR
- sentence
va-ye-HI HE-ma ba-DE-rekh ve-hash-she-mu-A ba-A el-da-VID le-MOR hi-KA av-sha-LOM et-kol-be-NE ha-ME-lekh ve-LO-no-TAR me-HEM e-KHAD
Exegesis
The narrative opens with the vav-consecutive construction vayhi {וַיְהִי֙ | wayhî} ‘and it happened’, a device introducing a shift in the story.
In context — 2 Samuel 13:30
And it happened, as they were on the way, that the report came to David, saying, “Absalom has struck down all the king’s sons, and not one of them remains.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 13:30:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Samuel 13:30, 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.13.30.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.13.30.W1.S1) and character.