Exodus 10:22:5Exod.10.22.W5PAT

וַיְהִ֧י

vayehi

and there was

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

Meaning by language

English
and there was
French
et il y eut
Spanish
y hubo
Portuguese
e houve
German
und es wurde
Russian
и была
Arabic-Simplified
وَكَانَتْ
Hindi
और हुआ
Chinese-Simplified
就有了
Korean
그리고 있었다
Indonesian
dan terjadilah
Bengali
এবং হল
Tagalog
at nagkaroon
Swahili
na kukawa
Amharic
እና ሆነ
Yoruba
ó sì wà
Igbo
ma o wee dị
Twi
na ɛbae
Ewe
eye me va

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יְ + הִ֧י
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 KHO-shekh-a-fe-LA

  3. clause

    va-ye-HI KHO-shekh-a-fe-LA be-KHOL-E-rets mits-RA-yim she-LO-shet ya-MIM

  4. sentence

    va-YET mo-SHE ET-ya-DO AL-ha-sha-MA-yim va-ye-HI KHO-shekh-a-fe-LA be-KHOL-E-rets mits-RA-yim she-LO-shet ya-MIM

In contextExodus 10:22

and stretched out Moses his hand upon the heavens and there was pitch darkness in all the land of Egypt three days

About this coordinate

Exodus 10:22:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Exodus 10:22, so the Hebrew word וַיְהִ֧י (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 Exod.10.22.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.10.22.W5.S1) and character.