Exodus 4:3:6Exod.4.3.W6PAT

וַיְהִ֣י

vayehi

and it became

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

Meaning by language

English
and it became
French
et cela devint
Spanish
y se hizo
Portuguese
e tornou-se
German
und es wurde
Russian
и стало
Arabic-Simplified
فصار
Hindi
और वह बन गया
Chinese-Simplified
就成了
Korean
그리고 그것은 되었다
Indonesian
dan menjadi
Bengali
আর তা হয়ে গেল
Tagalog
at naging
Swahili
ikawa
Amharic
እናም ሆነ
Yoruba
ó sì di
Igbo
o wee bụrụ
Twi
na ɛyɛɛ
Ewe
eyezu

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 le-na-KHASH

  3. clause

    va-YO-mer hash-li-KHE-hu AR-tsa va-yash-li-KHE-hu AR-tsa va-ye-HI le-na-KHASH

  4. sentence

    va-YO-mer hash-li-KHE-hu AR-tsa va-yash-li-KHE-hu AR-tsa va-ye-HI le-na-KHASH va-YA-nas mo-SHE mip-pa-NAV

In contextExodus 4:3

and he said throw it to the ground and he threw it to the ground and it became a serpent and he fled Moses from before him

About this coordinate

Exodus 4:3:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Exodus 4:3, 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.4.3.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.4.3.W6.S1) and character.