Jeremiah 13:3:1Jer.13.3.W1TAB

וַיְהִ֧י

vayehi

and it was or and it came to pass

Transliteration
va-ye-HI
Extended
vah-yeh-HEE
IPA
/vaj.jəˈhiː/

Meaning by language

English
and it was or and it came to pass

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Result
וַ + יְ + הִ֧י
va + ye + hi
vayehi

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-ye-HI

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-ye-HI de-VAR-ye-ho-VAH

  3. sentence

    va-ye-HI de-VAR-ye-ho-VAH e-LAI she-NIT le-MOR

Exegesis

The verse opens with vayhi {וַיְהִי | wa-yə-hî} ‘and it came to pass’, a standard Hebrew narrative marker.

In contextJeremiah 13:3

And the word of the LORD came to me a second time, saying ,

About this coordinate

Jeremiah 13:3:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Jeremiah 13:3, so the Hebrew word וַיְהִ֧י (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 Jer.13.3.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.13.3.W1.S1) and character.