Exodus 16:13:1Exod.16.13.W1TAB
וַיְהִ֣י
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
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-HI va-E-rev
- clause
va-ye-HI va-E-rev va-ta-AL ha-se-LAV va-te-KHAS et-ha-ma-kha-NEH
- sentence
va-ye-HI va-E-rev va-ta-AL ha-se-LAV va-te-KHAS et-ha-ma-kha-NEH u-va-BO-ker ha-ye-TAH shikh-VAT ha-TAL sa-VIV la-ma-kha-NEH
Exegesis
The verse opens with the narrative marker vayehi {וַיְהִי | wa-yə-hî} ‘and it happened’, which introduces a new event.
In context — Exodus 16:13
And it happened in the evening that the quail came up and covered the camp, and in the morning a layer of dew lay around the camp.
About this coordinate
Exodus 16:13:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Exodus 16:13, so the Hebrew word וַיְהִ֣י (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 Exod.16.13.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.16.13.W1.S1) and character.