Exodus 12:29:1Exod.12.29.W1PAT
וַיְהִ֣י
vayehi
“and it happened”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-HI
- Extended
- vah-yeh-HEE
- IPA
- /wa.jəˈhiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and it happened
- French
- et il arriva
- Spanish
- y aconteció
- Portuguese
- e aconteceu
- German
- und es geschah
- Russian
- и было
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَحَدَثَ
- Hindi
- और ऐसा हुआ
- Chinese-Simplified
- 事情发生了
- Korean
- 그리고 일이 일어났다
- Indonesian
- dan terjadilah
- Bengali
- আর এমন ঘটল
- Tagalog
- at nangyari
- Swahili
- ikawa
- Amharic
- እንዲህም ሆነ
- Yoruba
- ó sì ṣẹlẹ̀
- Igbo
- ọ wee mee
- Twi
- na ɛbaa sɛ
- Ewe
- eye va yi
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 ba-kha-TSI ha-LAI-la
- clause
va-ye-HI ba-kha-TSI ha-LAI-la va-ye-ho-VAH hi-KAH khol-be-KHOR be-E-rets mits-RA-yim mib-be-KHOR par-OH ha-yo-SHEV al-KIS-o AD be-KHOR ha-she-VI a-SHER be-VEIT ha-BOR
- sentence
va-ye-HI ba-kha-TSI ha-LAI-la va-ye-ho-VAH hi-KAH khol-be-KHOR be-E-rets mits-RA-yim mib-be-KHOR par-OH ha-yo-SHEV al-KIS-o AD be-KHOR ha-she-VI a-SHER be-VEIT ha-BOR ve-KHOL be-KHOR be-he-MAH
In context — Exodus 12:29
and it happened at the middle of the night and the LORD struck every firstborn in the land of Egypt from the firstborn of Pharaoh the one sitting on his throne as far as the firstborn of the captive who in the house of the pit and every firstborn of livestock
About this coordinate
Exodus 12:29:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Exodus 12:29, so the Hebrew word וַיְהִ֣י (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.12.29.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.12.29.W1.S1) and character.