Exodus 9:24:1Exod.9.24.W1PAT
וַיְהִ֣י
vayehi
“and there was”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-HI
- Extended
- vah-yeh-HEE
- IPA
- /vajəˈhiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and there was
- French
- et il y eut
- Spanish
- y hubo
- Portuguese
- e houve
- German
- und es gab
- Russian
- и был
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَكَانَ
- Hindi
- और था
- Chinese-Simplified
- 就有了
- Korean
- 그리고 있었다
- Indonesian
- dan ada
- Bengali
- এবং ছিল
- Tagalog
- at nagkaroon
- Swahili
- na kulikuwa na
- Amharic
- እናም ነበረ
- Yoruba
- si wa
- Igbo
- ma o di
- Twi
- na ewo ho
- Ewe
- eye wo
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 va-RAD
- clause
va-ye-HI va-RAD ve-ESH mit-la-KA-khat be-TOKH ha-ba-RAD
- sentence
va-ye-HI va-RAD ve-ESH mit-la-KA-khat be-TOKH ha-ba-RAD ka-VED me-OD a-SHER lo-ha-YA ka-MO-hu be-khol-E-rets mits-RA-yim me-AZ hai-TA le-GOI
In context — Exodus 9:24
and there was hail and fire flashing in the midst of the hail heavy very which was not like it in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation
About this coordinate
Exodus 9:24:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Exodus 9:24, 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.9.24.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.9.24.W1.S1) and character.