Exodus 16:27:1Exod.16.27.W1TAB
וַֽיְהִ֗י
vayehi
“{And} it happened”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-HI
- Extended
- vah-yeh-HEE
- IPA
- /wa.jəˈhiː/
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 ba-YOM hash-she-vi-I ya-tse-U min-ha-AM lil-KOT
- sentence
va-ye-HI ba-YOM hash-she-vi-I ya-tse-U min-ha-AM lil-KOT ve-LO ma-tsa-U
Exegesis
The verse begins with the narrative marker vayehi {וַיְהִי֙ | wa-yə-hî} ‘and it happened’, linking this event to previous instructions.
In context — Exodus 16:27
And it occurred on the seventh day that some of the people went out to gather, but they did not find any.
About this coordinate
Exodus 16:27:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Exodus 16:27, so the Hebrew word וַֽיְהִ֗י (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.16.27.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.16.27.W1.S1) and character.