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
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-ya-MIM ha-HEM
- 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
- 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 context — Exodus 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.