Numbers 16:49:1Num.16.49.W1TABWLC Numbers 17:14
וַיִּהְיוּ
vayihyu
“And were”
- Transliteration
- va-yih-YU
- Extended
- vah-yih-YOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jihˈjuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- And were
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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Word in context
- word
va-yih-YU
- phraseyour reading level
va-yih-YU ha-me-TIM
- sentence
va-yih-YU ha-me-TIM ba-ma-ge-FAH ar-ba-AH a-SAR e-LEF u-she-VA ME-ot mil-VAD ha-me-TIM al-de-VAR KO-rakh
Exegesis
The narrative continuity is marked by the vav-consecutive vaihyu {וַיִּהְיוּ | wayyihyû} ‘and they were’, introducing the subject hametim {הַמֵּתִים | hammêthîm} ‘the dead’.
In context — Numbers 16:49
And those who died in the plague were 14,700 , apart from those who died over the matter of Korah .
About this coordinate
Numbers 16:49:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 16:49, so the Hebrew word וַיִּהְיוּ (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.16.49.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.49.W1.S1) and character.