Daniel 8:15:1Dan.8.15.W1TAB
וַיְהִ֗י
vayehi
“{And} it happened”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-HI
- Extended
- vah-yeh-HEE
- IPA
- /wajəˈhiː/
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 bir-o-TI a-NI da-ni-YEL ET-he-kha-ZON
- sentence
va-ye-HI bir-o-TI a-NI da-ni-YEL ET-he-kha-ZON va-a-vak-SHA vee-NA ve-hin-NE o-MED le-neg-DI ke-mar-E-ga-VER
Exegesis
The verse opens with vayhi {וַיְהִ֗י | wa-yə-hî} ‘and it happened,’ a vav consecutive Qal wayyiqtol that signals transition to a new event.
In context — Daniel 8:15
And it happened, when I, Daniel, saw the vision , and I sought understanding , behold, there was one standing before me like a man.
About this coordinate
Daniel 8:15:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Daniel 8:15, so the Hebrew word וַיְהִ֗י (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 Dan.8.15.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.8.15.W1.S1) and character.