Genesis 19:14:15Gen.19.14.W15TAB

וַיְהִ֥י

vayehi

“{And} he was”

Transliteration: va-ye-HI
Extended: vah-yeh-HEE
IPA: /wajəˈhiː/

Meaning by language

English: {And} he was

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Result

וַ + יְ + הִ֥י

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va + ye + hi

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vayehi

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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The word

Word in context

word
va-ye-HI
phraseyour reading level
va-ye-HI khi-me-tsa-KHEK
clause
va-ye-HI khi-me-tsa-KHEK be-e-NEI kha-ta-NAV
sentence
va-ye-TSE LOT va-ye-da-BER el-kha-ta-NAV lo-ke-KHEI ve-no-TAV va-yo-MER KU-mu tse-U min-ha-ma-KOM ha-ZEH ki-ma-she-KHIT Ye-ho-VAH et-ha-IR va-ye-HI khi-me-tsa-KHEK be-e-NEI kha-ta-NAV

Exegesis

The narrative evaluation begins with vayehi {וַיְהִי | wayhî} ‘and it was’, followed by the comparative k'imtsachek {כִמְצַחֵק | kimṣaḥēq} ‘as joking’ and the perspective be'einei chatanav {בְּעֵינֵי חֲתָנָיו | bəʿênê ḥăṯānāyw}, highlighting the tragic contrast between the urgent warning and its dismissive reception.

In context — Genesis 19:14

And Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, those who had taken his daughters, and said, “Get up, go out from this place, because the LORD is about to destroy the city.” But to his sons-in-law he seemed like one joking.

About this coordinate

Genesis 19:14:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Genesis 19:14, so the Hebrew word וַיְהִ֥י (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 Gen.19.14.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.14.W15.S1) and character.

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