Ezekiel 16:19:12Ezek.16.19.W12TAB
וַיֶּ֑הִי
vayehi
“and it was”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-HI
- Extended
- vah-yeh-HEE
- IPA
- /vaj.jəˈhiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and it was
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 | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| 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
ve-lakh-MI a-sher-na-TAT-ti LAKH SO-let va-SHE-men u-de-VASH he-e-khal-TIKH u-ne-tat-TI-hu lif-ne-HEM le-RE-akh ni-KHO-akh va-ye-HI
- sentence
ve-lakh-MI a-sher-na-TAT-ti LAKH SO-let va-SHE-men u-de-VASH he-e-khal-TIKH u-ne-tat-TI-hu lif-ne-HEM le-RE-akh ni-KHO-akh va-ye-HI ne-UM a-do-NAI ye-ho-VAH
In context — Ezekiel 16:19
And my bread , which I gave to you—fine flour, oil, and honey with which I fed you—you set it before them as a pleasing aroma; and so it was, declares the Lord GOD .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 16:19:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Ezekiel 16:19, so the Hebrew word וַיֶּ֑הִי (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 Ezek.16.19.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.16.19.W12.S1) and character.