Judges 17:11:5Judg.17.11.W5TAB
וַיְהִ֤י
vayehi
“and he became”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-HI
- Extended
- vah-yeh-HEE
- IPA
- /vaj.jəˈhiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he became
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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 ha-NA-ar
- clause
va-ye-HI ha-NA-ar LO ke-e-KHAD mi-ba-NAV
- sentence
va-yo-EL ha-le-VI la-SHE-vet et-ha-ISH va-ye-HI ha-NA-ar LO ke-e-KHAD mi-ba-NAV
Exegesis
vayehi {וַיְהִי | va-yə-hî} 'and he became' shifts the narrative to a resultant state.
In context — Judges 17:11
So the Levite consented to dwell with the man, and the young man became to him like one of his sons.
About this coordinate
Judges 17:11:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Judges 17:11, so the Hebrew word וַיְהִ֤י (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.17.11.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.17.11.W5.S1) and character.