Jeremiah 20:3:1Jer.20.3.W1TAB
וַֽיְהִי֙
vayehi
“and it happened”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-HI
- Extended
- vah-yeh-HEE
- IPA
- /vajəˈhiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and it happened
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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 mim-ma-kho-RAT va-yo-TSE fash-khur et-yir-me-YA-hu min-ha-ma-he-PE-khet
- sentence
va-ye-HI mim-ma-kho-RAT va-yo-TSE fash-khur et-yir-me-YA-hu min-ha-ma-he-PE-khet va-yo-MER e-LAV yir-me-YA-hu LO fash-KHUR ka-RA ye-ho-VAH she-MEKH-kha KI im-ma-GOR mis-sa-VIV
Exegesis
The verse begins with the narrative conjunction vayhi {וַֽיְהִי֙ | wa-yə-hî} ‘and it came to pass,’ introducing a new episode through the temporal adverbial mimmahorat {מִֽמָּחֳרָ֔ת | mi-ma-ḥo-rāṯ} ‘on the next day.’
In context — Jeremiah 20:3
And it came to pass on the next day that Pashhur brought Jeremiah out from the stocks. Then Jeremiah said to him, "The LORD has not called your name Pashhur, but rather Magor-Missaviv ."
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 20:3:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Jeremiah 20:3, so the Hebrew word וַֽיְהִי֙ (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.20.3.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.20.3.W1.S1) and character.