Numbers 16:42:1Num.16.42.W1TABWLC Numbers 17:7
וַיְהִ֞י
vayehi
“And it happened”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-HI
- Extended
- vah-yeh-HEE
- IPA
- /vajəˈhiː/
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 | |
| 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 be-hi-ka-HEL ha-e-DAH al-MO-sheh ve-al-a-ha-RON va-yif-NU el-O-HEL mo-ED ve-hi-NEH ki-sa-HU he-a-NAN
- sentence
va-ye-HI be-hi-ka-HEL ha-e-DAH al-MO-sheh ve-al-a-ha-RON va-yif-NU el-O-HEL mo-ED ve-hi-NEH ki-sa-HU he-a-NAN va-ye-RA ke-VOD-Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The narrative opens with vayhi {וַיְהִי | wayyēhî} ‘and it happened,’ a vav-consecutive marker introducing a new event.
In context — Numbers 16:42
And it happened, as the assembly was gathering against Moses and against Aaron, that they turned toward the tent of meeting; and behold, the cloud had covered it, and the glory of the LORD appeared .
About this coordinate
Numbers 16:42:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 16:42, so the Hebrew word וַיְהִ֞י (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 Num.16.42.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.42.W1.S1) and character.