Judges 20:46:1Judg.20.46.W1TAB
וַיְהִי֩
vayehi
“and it was”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-HI
- Extended
- vah-yeh-HEE
- IPA
- /vaj.jəˈhiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and it was
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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 khol-ha-no-fe-LIM
- clause
va-ye-HI khol-ha-no-fe-LIM mi-bin-ya-MIN e-se-RIM va-kha-mi-SHA E-lef ISH sho-LEF KHE-rev ba-YOM ha-HU
- sentence
va-ye-HI khol-ha-no-fe-LIM mi-bin-ya-MIN e-se-RIM va-kha-mi-SHA E-lef ISH sho-LEF KHE-rev ba-YOM ha-HU et-kol-E-le an-she-kha-YIL
Exegesis
The narrative begins with vayehi {וַיְהִי | va-ye-hî} ‘and it was’, a result clause marker.
In context — Judges 20:46
And all the fallen from Benjamin were twenty-five thousand men who drew the sword on that day; all these were men of valor .
About this coordinate
Judges 20:46:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Judges 20:46, so the Hebrew word וַיְהִי֩ (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.20.46.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.46.W1.S1) and character.