Exodus 7:21:11Exod.7.21.W11PAT

וַיְהִ֥י

vayehi

and there was

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

Meaning by language

English
and there was
French
et il y eut
Spanish
y hubo
Portuguese
e houve
German
und es war
Russian
и было
Arabic-Simplified
وكان
Hindi
और हुआ
Chinese-Simplified
并且有
Korean
그리고 있었다
Indonesian
dan ada
Bengali
এবং ছিল
Tagalog
at nagkaroon
Swahili
na kulikuwa na
Amharic
እና ነበረ
Yoruba
ati o si wa
Igbo
ma e nwere
Twi
na ɛbae
Ewe
eye li

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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 ha-DAM

  3. clause

    va-ye-HI ha-DAM be-khol-E-rets mits-ra-YIM

  4. sentence

    ve-ha-da-GAH a-SHER-ba-ye-OR me-TAH va-yiv-ASH ha-ye-OR ve-lo-yokh-LU mits-RA-yim lish-TOT MA-yim min-ha-ye-OR va-ye-HI ha-DAM be-khol-E-rets mits-ra-YIM

In contextExodus 7:21

and the fish that was in the Nile died and stank the Nile and they were not able Egyptians to drink water from the Nile and there was the blood in all the land of Egypt

About this coordinate

Exodus 7:21:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Exodus 7:21, 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.7.21.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.7.21.W11.S1) and character.