Judges 19:5:1Judg.19.5.W1TAB
וַֽיְהִי֙
vayehi
“and it happened”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-HI
- Extended
- vah-yeh-HEE
- IPA
- /vajəˈhiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and it happened
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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
- clause
va-ye-HI ba-YOM ha-re-vi-I va-yash-ki-MU ba-BO-ker va-ya-KAM la-LE-khet
- sentence
va-ye-HI ba-YOM ha-re-vi-I va-yash-ki-MU ba-BO-ker va-ya-KAM la-LE-khet va-yo-MER a-VI ha-na-a-RA el-kha-ta-NO se-AD lib-be-KHA pat-LE-khem ve-a-KHAR te-le-KHU
Exegesis
The verse opens with the narrative marker vayehi {וַיְהִי | vă-yĕ-hî} ‘and it was’ combined with the temporal phrase bayom hareviʿi {בַּיּוֹם הָרְבִיעִי | ba-yôm hā-rĕ-viʿ-î} ‘on the fourth day’ to frame the scene.
In context — Judges 19:5
And it happened on the fourth day, and they got up early in the morning, and he rose to depart, and the father of the young woman said to his son-in-law, “Strengthen your heart with a piece of bread, and afterward you may go .”
About this coordinate
Judges 19:5:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Judges 19:5, so the Hebrew word וַֽיְהִי֙ (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.19.5.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.19.5.W1.S1) and character.