Genesis 39:18:1Gen.39.18.W1TAB
וַיְהִ֕י
vayehi
“and it happened”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-HI
- Extended
- vah-yeh-HEE
- IPA
- /wa.jə.ˈhiː/
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 ka-ha-ri-MI ko-LI va-ek-RA
- sentence
va-ye-HI ka-ha-ri-MI ko-LI va-ek-RA va-ya-a-ZOV big-DO ets-LI va-YA-nos ha-khu-TSA
Exegesis
The verse begins with vayehi {וַיְהִ֕י | va-yə-hî} ‘and it happened’, a narrative marker introducing a new incident.
In context — Genesis 39:18
And it happened, as I lifted up my voice and called out, he left his garment beside me and fled outside.
About this coordinate
Genesis 39:18:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 39:18, so the Hebrew word וַיְהִ֕י (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.39.18.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.39.18.W1.S1) and character.