Deuteronomy 2:16:1Deut.2.16.W1PAT
וַיְהִ֨י
vayehi
“happened”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-HI
- Extended
- vah-yeh-HEE
- IPA
- /vajəˈhiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- happened
- French
- arriva
- Spanish
- sucedió
- Portuguese
- aconteceu
- German
- geschah
- Russian
- случилось
- Arabic-Simplified
- حدث
- Hindi
- हुआ
- Chinese-Simplified
- 发生了
- Korean
- 일어났다
- Indonesian
- terjadi
- Bengali
- ঘটল
- Tagalog
- nangyari
- Swahili
- ilitokea
- Amharic
- ሆነ
- Yoruba
- ṣẹlẹ̀
- Igbo
- mere
- Twi
- ɛsii
- Ewe
- dzɔ
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
וַ + יְ + הִ֨י
↓
va + ye + hi
↓
vayehi
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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ye-HI
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-HI kha-a-SHER-tam-MU
- sentence
va-ye-HI kha-a-SHER-tam-MU KOL an-SHEI ha-mil-kha-MAH la-MUT mi-KE-rev ha-AM
In context — Deuteronomy 2:16
happened when finished all men the war to die from among the people
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 2:16:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Deuteronomy 2:16, so the Hebrew word וַיְהִ֨י (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 Deut.2.16.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.2.16.W1.S1) and character.