Joshua 22:17:10Josh.22.17.W10TAB
וַיְהִ֥י
vayehi
“and there came”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-HI
- Extended
- vah-yeh-HEE
- IPA
- /vajəˈhiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and there came
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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
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-HI ha-NE-gef
- clause
va-ye-HI ha-NE-gef ba-a-DAT Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
ham-AT-la-NU et-a-VON pe-OR a-SHER lo-hi-ta-HAR-nu mi-ME-nu AD ha-YOM ha-ZEH va-ye-HI ha-NE-gef ba-a-DAT Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The vav-consecutive in vayehi hannegef {וַיְהִי הַנֶּגֶף | wə·yə·hî han·ne·ḡef} signals divine judgment, and ba'adat YHWH {בַּעֲדַת יְהוָה | ba·ʿă·ḏat Yə·hō·wāh} designates the corporate community experiencing the plague.
In context — Joshua 22:17
Is the sin of Peor so trivial for us that we have not purified ourselves from it even to this day? Then a plague came upon the congregation of the LORD .
About this coordinate
Joshua 22:17:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Joshua 22:17, so the Hebrew word וַיְהִ֥י (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.22.17.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.22.17.W10.S1) and character.