Judges 16:4:1Judg.16.4.W1TAB

וֽ͏ַיְהִי֙

vayehi

and it happened

Transliteration
va-ye-HI
Extended
vah-yeh-HEE
IPA
/vajəˈhiː/

Meaning by language

English
and it happened

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וֽ͏ַ + יְ + הִי֙
va + ye + hi
vayehi

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-ye-HI

  2. clause

    va-ye-HI a-kha-REI KEN va-ye-e-HAV i-SHA be-na-KHAL so-REK

  3. sentence

    va-ye-HI a-kha-REI KEN va-ye-e-HAV i-SHA be-na-KHAL so-REK u-she-MA de-li-LA

Exegesis

The Hebrew narrative marker vayehi {וֽ͏ַיְהִי֙ | vayəhî} ‘and it happened’ uses the vav consecutive Qal imperfect to advance the storyline.

In contextJudges 16:4

And it happened after this that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, and her name was Delilah.

About this coordinate

Judges 16:4:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Judges 16:4, so the Hebrew word וֽ͏ַיְהִי֙ (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.16.4.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.16.4.W1.S1) and character.