Exodus 8:17:9Exod.8.17.W9PATWLC Exodus 8:13
וַתְּהִי֙
vattehi
“and there came to be”
- Transliteration
- vat-te-HI
- Extended
- vaht-teh-HEE
- IPA
- /wat.təˈhiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and there came to be
- French
- et il y eut
- Spanish
- y hubo
- Portuguese
- e houve
- German
- und es wurde
- Russian
- и стало
- Arabic-Simplified
- وكان
- Hindi
- और हुआ
- Chinese-Simplified
- 于是有了
- Korean
- 그리고 생겨났다
- Indonesian
- dan terjadilah
- Bengali
- এবং হলো
- Tagalog
- at nagkaroon
- Swahili
- na kukawa
- Amharic
- እና ሆነ
- Yoruba
- ati ó di
- Igbo
- wee bụrụ
- Twi
- na ɛbae
- Ewe
- eye va
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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
vat-te-HI
- clause
va-ya-a-su-KHEN va-YET a-ha-RON et-yad-DO be-mat-TE-hu va-YAKH et-a-FAR ha-A-rets vat-te-HI hak-kin-NAM ba-a-DAM u-vab-be-he-MA
- sentence
va-ya-a-su-KHEN va-YET a-ha-RON et-yad-DO be-mat-TE-hu va-YAKH et-a-FAR ha-A-rets vat-te-HI hak-kin-NAM ba-a-DAM u-vab-be-he-MA kol-a-FAR ha-A-rets ha-YA kin-NIM be-khol-E-rets mits-RA-yim
In context — Exodus 8:17
and they did so and stretched out Aaron his hand with his staff and struck the dust of the earth and there came to be the gnats on the man and on the beast all the dust of the earth became gnats in all the land of Egypt
About this coordinate
Exodus 8:17:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Exodus 8:17, so the Hebrew word וַתְּהִי֙ (vattehi) 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.8.17.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.8.17.W9.S1) and character.