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

Result
וַ + יְ + הִ֣י
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 ba-kha-TSI ha-LAI-la

  3. 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

  4. 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 contextExodus 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.