Judges 17:12:5Judg.17.12.W5TAB

וַיְהִי־ל֥וֹ

vayehilo

“and he became for him”

Transliteration: va-ye-HI-LO
Extended: vah-yeh-HEE-LOH
IPA: /vajəˈhiː.loː/

Meaning by language

English: and he became for him

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result

וַ + יְ + הִי + ל֥וֹ

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va + ye + hi + lo

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vayehilo

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
	Lamed	l as in law
	Vav	v as in vine; marks long ō / ū
	Holem	long 'oh' as in go

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Word in context

word
va-ye-HI-LO
phraseyour reading level
va-ye-HI-LO ha-na-AR
clause
va-ye-mal-LE mi-KHA et-YAD ha-le-VI va-ye-HI-LO ha-na-AR le-kho-HEN
sentence
va-ye-mal-LE mi-KHA et-YAD ha-le-VI va-ye-HI-LO ha-na-AR le-kho-HEN va-ye-HI be-VET mi-KHA

Exegesis

A subsequent clause vayehi-lo ha-naar le-kohen {וַיְהִי־ל֥וֹ הַנַּעַר לְכֹהֵ֑ן | wayyaḥî-lō ha-nāʿar le-kōhên} ‘and he became for him the young man as priest’ expresses relational status, and the final clause vayehi be-beit Mikhah {וַיְהִי בְּבֵ֥ית מִיכָֽה׃ | wayyaḥî bə-bêṯ Mî-kāh} ‘and he was in the house of Micah’ establishes location. These structures are rendered with English past-tense verbs and prepositions to preserve the source’s narrative sequence and designation nuance.

In context — Judges 17:12

And Micah installed the Levite , and the young man became his priest, and he was in the house of Micah.

About this coordinate

Judges 17:12:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Judges 17:12, so the Hebrew word וַיְהִי־ל֥וֹ (vayehilo) 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.17.12.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.17.12.W5.S1) and character.

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