Deuteronomy 31:24:1Deut.31.24.W1PAT

וַיְהִ֣י

vayehi

and it happened

Transliteration
va-ye-HI
Extended
vah-yeh-HI
IPA
/vajəˈhiː/

Meaning by language

English
and it happened
French
et cela arriva
Spanish
y sucedió
Portuguese
e aconteceu
German
und es geschah
Russian
и случилось
Arabic-Simplified
وحدث
Hindi
और हुआ
Chinese-Simplified
就发生了
Korean
그리고 일어났다
Indonesian
dan terjadilah
Bengali
এবং ঘটল
Tagalog
at nangyari
Swahili
na ikawa
Amharic
እና ሆነ
Yoruba
ó sì ṣẹlẹ̀
Igbo
o mere
Twi
na ɛbaa saa
Ewe
eye wòva

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יְ + הִ֣י
va + ye + hi
vayehi

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

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-ye-HI

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-ye-HI ke-kha-LOT MO-sheh

  3. clause

    va-ye-HI ke-kha-LOT MO-sheh likh-TOV et-div-REI ha-to-RAH-ha-ZOT al-SE-fer

  4. sentence

    va-ye-HI ke-kha-LOT MO-sheh likh-TOV et-div-REI ha-to-RAH-ha-ZOT al-SE-fer AD tu-MAM

In contextDeuteronomy 31:24

when finished Moses to write and it happened the words of this law in a book until completion

About this coordinate

Deuteronomy 31:24:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Deuteronomy 31:24, so the Hebrew word וַיְהִ֣י (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.31.24.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.31.24.W1.S1) and character.