Judges 15:17:1Judg.15.17.W1TAB
וַֽיְהִי֙
vayehi
“and it was”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-HI
- Extended
- vah-yeh-HEE
- IPA
- /vaj.jəˈhiː/
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 ke-kha-LO-to le-da-BER va-yash-LEKH hal-le-KHI mi-YA-do
- sentence
va-ye-HI ke-kha-LO-to le-da-BER va-yash-LEKH hal-le-KHI mi-YA-do va-yik-RA lam-ma-KOM ha-HU ra-MAT le-KHI
Exegesis
The narrative opens with vayehi {וַֽיְהִי֙ | vayyəhî} ‘and it happened’, a vav-consecutive marker that shifts into a new action sequence.
In context — Judges 15:17
And it came to pass , when he finished speaking, that he threw the jawbone from his hand; and he called that place Ramath Lehi.
About this coordinate
Judges 15:17:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Judges 15:17, 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 Judg.15.17.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.15.17.W1.S1) and character.