Genesis 43:21:1Gen.43.21.W1TAB
וַֽיְהִ֞י
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 ki-VA-nu el-ha-ma-LON va-nif-te-KHA et-am-te-kho-TEI-nu ve-hin-NEH ke-sef-ISH be-FI am-takh-TO kas-PE-nu be-mish-ka-LO
- sentence
va-ye-HI ki-VA-nu el-ha-ma-LON va-nif-te-KHA et-am-te-kho-TEI-nu ve-hin-NEH ke-sef-ISH be-FI am-takh-TO kas-PE-nu be-mish-ka-LO va-NA-shev o-TO be-ya-DE-nu
Exegesis
The verse begins with vayehi {וַֽיְהִ֞י | way-hî} as a narrative marker introducing a new event.
In context — Genesis 43:21
And it happened that when we came to the lodging place, we opened our sacks, and behold, each man’s silver was in the mouth of his sack—our silver in its weight ; so we brought it back in our hand .
About this coordinate
Genesis 43:21:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 43:21, so the Hebrew word וַֽיְהִ֞י (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.43.21.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.43.21.W1.S1) and character.