Deuteronomy 26:5:15Deut.26.5.W15PAT

וַֽיְהִי־שָׁ֕ם

vayehisham

and there he became

Transliteration
va-ye-hi-SHAM
Extended
vah-yeh-hee-SHAAM
IPA
/vaj.ə.hi.ˈʃaːm/

Meaning by language

English
and there he became
French
et là il devint
Spanish
y allí se hizo
Portuguese
e ali se tornou
German
und dort wurde er
Russian
и там он стал
Arabic-Simplified
وصار هناك
Hindi
और वहाँ वह बना
Chinese-Simplified
并且在那里他成了
Korean
그리고 거기에서 그는 되었다
Indonesian
dan di sana ia menjadi
Bengali
আর সেখানে সে হয়ে উঠল
Tagalog
at doon siya naging
Swahili
na hapo akawa
Amharic
እና በዚያ ሆነ
Yoruba
ó sì di ibẹ̀
Igbo
ọ ghọrọ ebe ahụ
Twi
na ɔbɛyɛɛ
Ewe
eye wòɖu hɔ

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַֽ + יְ + הִי + שָׁ֕ם
va + ye + hi + sham
vayehisham

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Qametslong 'ah'
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-ye-hi-SHAM

  2. clause

    va-ye-hi-SHAM leh-GOY ga-DOL a-TSUM va-RAV

  3. sentence

    veh-a-nee-TA veh-a-mar-TA lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI-kha a-ra-MI o-VED a-VI va-YE-red mits-rai-MA va-YA-GAR SHAM bim-TEI me-AT va-ye-hi-SHAM leh-GOY ga-DOL a-TSUM va-RAV

In contextDeuteronomy 26:5

and you shall answer and you shall say before LORD your God was my father wandering an Aramean and he went down to Egypt and he sojourned there few in number and there he became a nation great mighty and numerous

About this coordinate

Deuteronomy 26:5:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Deuteronomy 26:5, so the Hebrew word וַֽיְהִי־שָׁ֕ם (vayehisham) 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.26.5.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.26.5.W15.S1) and character.