Judges 18:4:9Judg.18.4.W9TAB
וָאֱהִי־ל֖וֹ
vaehilo
“and I became to him”
- Transliteration
- va-e-HI-LO
- Extended
- vaa-eh-HEE-LOH
- IPA
- /vaː.ʔɛˈhiː.loː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and I became to him
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Seghol | reduced 'eh' | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
va-e-HI-LO
- clause
va-yis-ke-RE-ni va-e-HI-LO le-kho-HEN
- sentence
va-YO-mer a-le-HEM ka-ZO ve-kha-ZE a-SA LI mi-KHA va-yis-ke-RE-ni va-e-HI-LO le-kho-HEN
Exegesis
Sequential vav-consecutive clauses vayyisqereni {וַיִּשְׂכְּרֵ֕נִי | wayyiśqerenî} ‘and he hired me’ and waehilo {וָאֱהִי־ל֖וֹ | wāʾehî-law} ‘and I became for him’ maintain narrative progression, leading into the infinitive le-kohen {לְכֹהֵֽן | lə-kōhên} which expresses purpose ‘to be a priest.’
In context — Judges 18:4
And he said to them, “Such and such has Micah done for me; he has hired me, and I have become his priest .”
About this coordinate
Judges 18:4:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Judges 18:4, so the Hebrew word וָאֱהִי־ל֖וֹ (vaehilo) 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.18.4.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.18.4.W9.S1) and character.