Exodus 4:24:1Exod.4.24.W1PAT
וַיְהִ֥י
vayehi
“and it happened”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-HI
- Extended
- vah-yeh-HEE
- IPA
- /va.jə.ˈhiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and it happened
- French
- et il arriva
- Spanish
- y ocurrió
- 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 일어났다
- Indonesian
- dan terjadilah
- Bengali
- আর ঘটল
- Tagalog
- at nangyari
- Swahili
- na ikawa
- Amharic
- እናም ሆነ
- Yoruba
- ó sì ṣẹlẹ̀
- Igbo
- o wee mee
- Twi
- na ɛbaa
- 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 va-DE-rekh
- clause
va-ye-HI va-DE-rekh ba-ma-LON
- sentence
va-ye-HI va-DE-rekh ba-ma-LON va-yif-ge-SHE-hu Ye-ho-VAH va-ye-va-KESH ha-mi-TO
In context — Exodus 4:24
and it happened on the way at the lodging-place and met him LORD and sought to kill him
About this coordinate
Exodus 4:24:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Exodus 4:24, so the Hebrew word וַיְהִ֥י (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.4.24.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.4.24.W1.S1) and character.