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

Result
וַ + יְ + הִ֥י
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 va-DE-rekh

  3. clause

    va-ye-HI va-DE-rekh ba-ma-LON

  4. 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 contextExodus 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.