Deuteronomy 33:5:1Deut.33.5.W1PAT
וַיְהִ֥י
vayehi
“became”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-HI
- Extended
- vah-yeh-HEE
- IPA
- /vajəˈhiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- became
- French
- devint
- Spanish
- llegó a ser
- Portuguese
- passou a ser
- German
- wurde
- Russian
- стал
- Arabic-Simplified
- صار
- Hindi
- हुआ
- Chinese-Simplified
- 成为
- Korean
- 되었다
- Indonesian
- menjadi
- Bengali
- হল
- Tagalog
- naging
- Swahili
- kuwa
- Amharic
- ሆነ
- Yoruba
- di
- Igbo
- ghọrọ
- Twi
- bɛyɛɛ
- Ewe
- zu
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
וַ + יְ + הִ֥י
↓
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
- clause
va-ye-HI bee-shu-RUN ME-lekh
- sentence
va-ye-HI bee-shu-RUN ME-lekh be-hit-a-SEF ra-SHEI AM YA-khad shiv-TEI yis-ra-EL
In context — Deuteronomy 33:5
became king in Jeshurun gathered heads the people together tribes of Israel
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 33:5:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Deuteronomy 33:5, so the Hebrew word וַיְהִ֥י (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.33.5.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.33.5.W1.S1) and character.