Judges 16:21:10Judg.16.21.W10TAB
וַיְהִ֥י
vayehi
“and he was”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-HI
- Extended
- vah-yeh-HEE
- IPA
- /vajəˈhiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he 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
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-HI to-KHEN
- clause
va-yo-RI-du o-TO a-za-TA va-ya-as-RU-hu ba-ne-khu-shta-YIM va-ye-HI to-KHEN be-VEIT ha-a-si-RIM ha-a-su-RIM
- sentence
va-yo-a-kha-ZU-hu pe-lish-TIM va-ye-nak-KE-ru et-EI-naiv va-yo-RI-du o-TO a-za-TA va-ya-as-RU-hu ba-ne-khu-shta-YIM va-ye-HI to-KHEN be-VEIT ha-a-si-RIM ha-a-su-RIM
Exegesis
The verse unfolds through a series of vav-consecutive verbs that drive the narrative action: vayyohazuhu {וַיֹּאחֲז֣וּהוּ | wayyōḥăzûhû} ‘and they seized him’, wayyenakkeru {וַיְנַקְּ֨רוּ | wayyenakkerû} ‘and they gouged out’, wayyoridu {וַיּוֹרִ֛ידוּ | wayyôrîḏū} ‘and they brought down’, wayyasruhu {וַיַּאַסְר֙וּהוּ֙ | wayyāsərûhû} ‘and they bound him’, and vayhi {וַיְהִ֥י | wayhî} ‘and he became’.
In context — Judges 16:21
And the Philistines seized him, gouged out his eyes, brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with bronze shackles. He became a grinder in the house of the prisoners.
About this coordinate
Judges 16:21:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Judges 16:21, 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 Judg.16.21.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.16.21.W10.S1) and character.