Genesis 39:13:1Gen.39.13.W1TAB
וַיְהִי֙
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 ki-re-o-TAH ki-a-ZAV big-DO be-ya-DAH
- sentence
va-ye-HI ki-re-o-TAH ki-a-ZAV big-DO be-ya-DAH va-ya-NAS ha-khu-TSA
Exegesis
The narrative marker vayehi {וַיְהִי֙ | wa-yə-hî} signals a new event through the vav consecutive Qal imperfect.
In context — Genesis 39:13
And it happened when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand and had fled to the outside .
About this coordinate
Genesis 39:13:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 39:13, so the Hebrew word וַיְהִי֙ (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.39.13.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.39.13.W1.S1) and character.