Deuteronomy 10:5:9Deut.10.5.W9PAT
וַיִּ֣הְיוּ
vayihyu
“were”
- Transliteration
- va-yih-YU
- Extended
- vah-yeeh-YOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jiˈhjuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- were
- French
- furent
- Spanish
- estuvieron
- Portuguese
- estiveram
- German
- waren
- Russian
- были
- Arabic-Simplified
- كانوا
- Hindi
- थे
- Chinese-Simplified
- 在
- Korean
- 있었다
- Indonesian
- berada
- Bengali
- ছিল
- Tagalog
- naroon
- Swahili
- walikuwa
- Amharic
- ነበሩ
- Yoruba
- wà
- Igbo
- dị
- Twi
- wɔɔ
- Ewe
- le
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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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yih-YU
- phraseyour reading level
va-yih-YU SHAM
- clause
va-yih-YU SHAM ka-a-SHER tsi-va-NI Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-E-fen va-e-RED min-ha-HAR va-a-SIM et-hal-LOO-KHOT ba-a-RON a-SHER a-SI-ti va-yih-YU SHAM ka-a-SHER tsi-va-NI Ye-ho-VAH
In context — Deuteronomy 10:5
turned came down from the mountain placed the tablets in the ark that made were there as commanded LORD
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 10:5:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Deuteronomy 10:5, so the Hebrew word וַיִּ֣הְיוּ (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 Deut.10.5.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.10.5.W9.S1) and character.