Numbers 15:32:1Num.15.32.W1TAB
וַיִּהְי֥וּ
vayihyu
“and it happened”
- Transliteration
- va-yi-HYU
- Extended
- vah-yih-HYOO
- IPA
- /vajːihˈjuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and it happened
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yi-HYU
- phraseyour reading level
va-yi-HYU be-NEI-yis-ra-EL
- clause
va-yi-HYU be-NEI-yis-ra-EL ba-mid-BAR
- sentence
va-yi-HYU be-NEI-yis-ra-EL ba-mid-BAR va-yim-tse-U ISH me-ko-SHESH e-TSIM be-YOM ha-sha-BAT
Exegesis
The narrative opens with the vav-consecutive wayyihyû {וַיִּהְי֥וּ | wayyihyû} ‘and they were’, establishing the background.
In context — Numbers 15:32
And the sons of Israel were in the wilderness , and they found a man gathering wood on the Sabbath .
About this coordinate
Numbers 15:32:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 15:32, so the Hebrew word וַיִּהְי֥וּ (vayihyu) 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 Num.15.32.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.15.32.W1.S1) and character.