Exodus 2:11:1Exod.2.11.W1PAT

וַיְהִ֣י

vayehi

and it happened

Transliteration
va-ye-HI
Extended
vah-yeh-HEE
IPA
/wa.jə.ˈhiː/

Meaning by language

English
and it happened
French
et il arriva
Spanish
y sucedió
Portuguese
e aconteceu
German
und es geschah
Russian
и было
Arabic-Simplified
وحدث
Hindi
और ऐसा हुआ
Chinese-Simplified
并且发生了
Korean
그리고 일어났다
Indonesian
dan terjadilah
Bengali
আর ঘটল
Tagalog
at nangyari
Swahili
ikawa
Amharic
እናም ሆነ
Yoruba
ati pe o ṣẹlẹ̀
Igbo
o 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-ya-MIM ha-HEM

  3. clause

    va-ye-HI ba-ya-MIM ha-HEM va-yig-DAL mo-SHEH va-ye-TSE el-e-KHAV va-YAR be-siv-lo-TAM

  4. sentence

    va-ye-HI ba-ya-MIM ha-HEM va-yig-DAL mo-SHEH va-ye-TSE el-e-KHAV va-YAR be-siv-lo-TAM va-YAR ISH mits-REE ma-KEH ish-iv-REE me-e-KHAV

In contextExodus 2:11

and it happened in the days those and grew up Moses and he went out to his brothers and he saw in their burdens and he saw a man Egyptian striking a Hebrew man from his brothers

About this coordinate

Exodus 2:11:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Exodus 2:11, 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.2.11.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.2.11.W1.S1) and character.