2 Samuel 15:12:112 Sam.15.12.W11TAB
וַיְהִ֤י
vayehi
“and it became”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-HI
- Extended
- vah-yeh-HEE
- IPA
- /vajəˈhiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and it became
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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
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-HI ha-KE-sher
- clause
va-ye-HI ha-KE-sher a-MITS ve-ha-AM ho-LEKH va-RAV et-av-sha-LOM
- sentence
va-yish-LAKH av-sha-LOM et-a-khi-TO-fel ha-gi-lo-NI yo-ETS da-VID me-i-RO mi-gi-LO be-zav-KHO et-ha-ze-va-KHIM va-ye-HI ha-KE-sher a-MITS ve-ha-AM ho-LEKH va-RAV et-av-sha-LOM
Exegesis
The existential result clause wayhî ha-qēšer ʾammîṣ {וַיְהִי הַקֶּשֶׁר אַמִּץ | wayhî ha-qēšer ʾammîṣ} ‘and the conspiracy became strong’ employs a nominal predicate with the adjective functioning predicatively.
In context — 2 Samuel 15:12
And Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, counselor to David, from his city in Giloh, as he was offering the sacrifices; and the conspiracy became strong, and the people kept going with Absalom.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 15:12:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 2 Samuel 15:12, so the Hebrew word וַיְהִ֤י (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.15.12.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.15.12.W11.S1) and character.