Search for a word at the beginning of the verse

Cees van Veelen
Cees van Veelen Member Posts: 3 ✭✭
edited November 2024 in English Forum

While studying the book of Jonah I noticed that some translations translate the first verse as: The word of the Lord came... while others translate: Once the word of the Lord...

So I wanted to compare this verse with other verses in the OT that begin with the Hebrew word Wayyehi. Now it is not to difficult to make a search in Anderson;Forbes syntactlcal database for wayyehi, but how do I make clear I only want those cases where it is found at the very beginning of the verse. I could not figure that out.

Cees van Veelen

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  • MJ. Smith
    MJ. Smith MVP Posts: 54,844

    Cees van Veelen said:

    but how do I make clear I only want those cases where it is found at the very beginning of the verse.

    Do you mean beginning of a verse which is a recent and inconsistent invention or do you mean beginning of a sentence which is a linguistic concept present in the original text? Sorry but I try to be as bad about chapter and verse as George is about interlinears.[8-|]

    Orthodox Bishop Alfeyev: "To be a theologian means to have experience of a personal encounter with God through prayer and worship."; Orthodox proverb: "We know where the Church is, we do not know where it is not."

  • Keep Smiling 4 Jesus :)
    Keep Smiling 4 Jesus :) MVP Posts: 23,148

    Cees van Veelen said:

    So I wanted to compare this verse with other verses in the OT that begin with the Hebrew word Wayyehi.

    Syntax Search can find similar clauses:

    Keep Smiling [:)]

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