Joshua 21:20:7Josh.21.20.W7TAB
וַֽיְהִי֙
vayehi
“and there were”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-HI
- Extended
- vah-yeh-HEE
- IPA
- /vajəˈhiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and there were
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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-REI go-ra-LAM mi-mat-TEH ef-RA-yim
- sentence
u-le-mish-pe-KHOT be-NEI-ke-HAT hal-vi-YIM ha-no-ta-RIM mib-NEI ke-HAT va-ye-HI a-REI go-ra-LAM mi-mat-TEH ef-RA-yim
Exegesis
The vav consecutive in vayhi {וַֽיְהִי֙ | wāy-hî} ‘and it was’ introduces the resultant clause arei goralam {עָרֵ֣י גּוֹרָלָ֔ם | ‘ā-rê gō-rā-lām} ‘cities of their lot’, an idiomatic genitive indicating allocation by lot.
In context — Joshua 21:20
And the families of the sons of Kohath, the Levites who remained , received the cities of their lot from the tribe of Ephraim.
About this coordinate
Joshua 21:20:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Joshua 21:20, 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 Josh.21.20.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.21.20.W7.S1) and character.