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
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 ha-DAM
- clause
va-ye-HI ha-DAM be-khol-E-rets mits-ra-YIM
- 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 context — Exodus 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.