Genesis 39:7:1Gen.39.7.W1TAB
וַיְהִ֗י
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 a-KHAR had-de-va-RIM ha-EL-le va-tis-SA e-shet-a-do-NAV et-ei-NE-ha el-yo-SEF
- sentence
va-ye-HI a-KHAR had-de-va-RIM ha-EL-le va-tis-SA e-shet-a-do-NAV et-ei-NE-ha el-yo-SEF va-TO-mer shikh-VA im-MI
Exegesis
The verse opens with the narrative formula vayhi {וַיְהִי | wayhî} ‘and it was’, using a vav consecutive form to introduce a new significant scene.
In context — Genesis 39:7
It came about after these things, that the wife of his master fixed her gaze on Joseph and said, “Lie with me.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 39:7:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 39:7, so the Hebrew word וַיְהִ֗י (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.39.7.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.39.7.W1.S1) and character.