Numbers 4:44:1Num.4.44.W1TAB
וַיִּהְי֥וּ
vayihyu
“and they were”
- Transliteration
- va-yih-YU
- Extended
- vah-yih-YU
- IPA
- /vaj.jiˈhuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they 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 pe-ku-DEI-hem
- clause
va-yih-YU pe-ku-DEI-hem le-mish-pekho-TAM
- sentence
va-yih-YU pe-ku-DEI-hem le-mish-pekho-TAM she-LO-shet a-la-FIM u-ma-ta-YIM
Exegesis
The verse begins with vayhiyu {וַיִּהְי֥וּ | vayhiyyû} ‘and they were’, where the vav-consecutive introduces a summary result clause within the census narrative.
In context — Numbers 4:44
And the number of those counted by their clans was 3,200.
About this coordinate
Numbers 4:44:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 4:44, 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.4.44.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.4.44.W1.S1) and character.