Joshua 21:4:5Josh.21.4.W5TAB
וַיְהִ֡י
vayehi
“and it was”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-HI
- Extended
- vah-yeh-HEE
- IPA
- /vajəˈhiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and it was
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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 liv-NEI a-ha-RON hak-ko-HEN min-hal-vi-YIM mi-mat-TE ye-hu-DA u-mi-mat-TE hash-shim-o-NI u-mi-mat-TE bin-ya-MIN bag-go-RAL a-RIM she-LOSH es-REH
- sentence
va-ye-TSE hag-go-RAL le-mish-pe-KHOT hak-ke-ha-TI va-ye-HI liv-NEI a-ha-RON hak-ko-HEN min-hal-vi-YIM mi-mat-TE ye-hu-DA u-mi-mat-TE hash-shim-o-NI u-mi-mat-TE bin-ya-MIN bag-go-RAL a-RIM she-LOSH es-REH
In context — Joshua 21:4
And the lot came out for the Kohathite families and fell to the sons of Aaron the priest among the Levites, from the tribe of Judah, the tribe of Simeon, and the tribe of Benjamin, assigning thirteen cities .
About this coordinate
Joshua 21:4:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Joshua 21:4, so the Hebrew word וַיְהִ֡י (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.21.4.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.21.4.W5.S1) and character.