Judges 14:11:1Judg.14.11.W1TAB
וַיְהִ֖י
vayehi
“and it happened”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-HI
- Extended
- vah-yeh-HEE
- IPA
- /vaj.jəˈhiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and it happened
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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 kih-re-o-TAM o-TO
- sentence
va-ye-HI kih-re-o-TAM o-TO va-yik-KHU she-lo-SHIM me-re-IM va-yih-YU i-TO
Exegesis
The narrative marker vayehi {וַיְהִ֖י | wā̆yĕḥî} ‘and it happened’ sets the scene for a new event.
In context — Judges 14:11
And it happened that when they saw him, they brought thirty companions, and they were with him.
About this coordinate
Judges 14:11:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Judges 14:11, so the Hebrew word וַיְהִ֖י (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 Judg.14.11.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.14.11.W1.S1) and character.