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
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
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-HI KHO-shekh-a-fe-LA
- clause
va-ye-HI KHO-shekh-a-fe-LA be-KHOL-E-rets mits-RA-yim she-LO-shet ya-MIM
- 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 context — Exodus 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.