Psalm 18:23:1Ps.18.23.W1TABWLC Psalms 18:24
וָ֭אֶהְיֶה
vaehye
“and I was”
- Transliteration
- va-e-HYE
- Extended
- vaa-eh-HYEH
- IPA
- /vaʔɛhˈjɛ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and I was
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| 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 | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
va-e-HYE
- clause
va-e-HYE ta-MIM i-MO
- sentence
va-e-HYE ta-MIM i-MO va-esh-ta-MER me-a-vo-NI
Exegesis
The verse opens with the waw-conversive verb va'ehyeh {וָאֶהְיֶה | wā-ʾeh-yeh} ‘and I was,’ introducing the declaration of moral status.
In context — Psalm 18:23
I was blameless with Him , and I kept myself from my iniquity .
About this coordinate
Psalm 18:23:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Psalm 18:23, so the Hebrew word וָ֭אֶהְיֶה (vaehye) 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 Ps.18.23.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Ps.18.23.W1.S1) and character.