Exodus 6:28:1Exod.6.28.W1PAT
וַיְהִ֗י
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 sucedió
- 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 이렇게 되었다
- Indonesian
- dan terjadilah
- Bengali
- আর এমন হল
- Tagalog
- at nangyari
- Swahili
- ikawa
- Amharic
- እንዲህም ሆነ
- Yoruba
- ó sì ṣẹlẹ̀
- Igbo
- o wee bụrụ
- Twi
- na ɛbaa sɛ
- Ewe
- eye va yi
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
וַ + יְ + הִ֗י
↓
va + ye + hi
↓
vayehi
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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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ye-HI
- sentence
va-ye-HI be-YOM di-BER Ye-ho-VAH el-mo-SHE be-E-rets mits-RA-yim
In context — Exodus 6:28
and it happened on the day spoke LORD to Moses in the land of Egypt
About this coordinate
Exodus 6:28:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Exodus 6:28, so the Hebrew word וַיְהִ֗י (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.6.28.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.6.28.W1.S1) and character.