2 Samuel 17:27:12 Sam.17.27.W1TAB
וַיְהִ֕י
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 ke-VO da-VID ma-kha-NAI-ma
- sentence
va-ye-HI ke-VO da-VID ma-kha-NAI-ma ve-sho-VI ven-na-KHASH me-rab-BAT be-NE-a-MON u-ma-KHIR ben-a-mi-EL mil-LO de-VAR u-var-zi-LAI ha-gil-a-DI me-rog-LIM
Exegesis
The verse opens with the narrative marker vayehi {וַיְהִי | wayyêhî} introducing a new event.
In context — 2 Samuel 17:27
And it happened when David came to Mahanaim , that Shobi son of Nahash from Rabbah of the sons of Ammon, and Makir son of Ammiel from Lo Debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite from Rogelim were there.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 17:27:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Samuel 17:27, so the Hebrew word וַיְהִ֕י (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.17.27.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.17.27.W1.S1) and character.