Judges 16:30:13Judg.16.30.W13TAB
וַיִּהְי֤וּ
vayihyu
“and were”
- Transliteration
- va-yih-YU
- Extended
- vah-yih-YOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jihˈjuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and were
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-yih-YU
- phraseyour reading level
va-yih-YU ha-me-TIM
- clause
va-yih-YU ha-me-TIM a-SHER he-MIT be-mo-TO ra-BIM me-a-SHER he-MIT be-kha-YAV
- sentence
va-yo-MER shim-sHON ta-MOT naf-SHI im-pe-lish-TIM va-YET be-KHO-akh va-yi-POL ha-BA-yit al-ha-se-ra-NIM ve-al-kol-ha-AM a-SHER-BO va-yih-YU ha-me-TIM a-SHER he-MIT be-mo-TO ra-BIM me-a-SHER he-MIT be-kha-YAV
In context — Judges 16:30
And Samson said, “Let my soul die with the Philistines!” And he bent with strength , and the house fell upon the rulers and upon all the people who were in it. So the dead whom he killed in his death were more than those whom he killed in his life.
About this coordinate
Judges 16:30:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Judges 16:30, so the Hebrew word וַיִּהְי֤וּ (vayihyu) 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.16.30.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.16.30.W13.S1) and character.