Deuteronomy 5:23:1Deut.5.23.W1PAT
וַיְהִ֗י
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
- ikatokea
- Amharic
- ሆነ
- Yoruba
- ṣẹlẹ̀
- Igbo
- mere
- Twi
- baa
- Ewe
- dzɔ
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 | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ye-HI
- clause
va-ye-HI keh-sham-a-KHEM ET-ha-KOL mit-TOKH ha-KHO-shekh ve-ha-HAR bo-ER ba-ESH
- sentence
va-ye-HI keh-sham-a-KHEM ET-ha-KOL mit-TOKH ha-KHO-shekh ve-ha-HAR bo-ER ba-ESH va-tik-re-VUN e-LAI kol-RA-SHEI shiv-TEI-KHEM ve-zik-NEI-khem
In context — Deuteronomy 5:23
happened when you heard the voice from the midst the darkness the mountain burning with fire all the chiefs of your tribes your elders drew near to me
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 5:23:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Deuteronomy 5:23, so the Hebrew word וַיְהִ֗י (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.5.23.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.5.23.W1.S1) and character.