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

Result
וַ + יְ + הִ֗י
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. clause

    va-ye-HI keh-sham-a-KHEM ET-ha-KOL mit-TOKH ha-KHO-shekh ve-ha-HAR bo-ER ba-ESH

  3. 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 contextDeuteronomy 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.