Genesis 1:11:17Gen.1.11.W17PAT
וַֽיְהִי־כֵֽן׃
vayehikhen
“{And} it was so”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-hi-KHEN
- Extended
- vah-yeh-hee-KHEHN
- IPA
- /vajə.hiː.ˈxeːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And} it was so
- French
- {Et} il en fut ainsi
- Spanish
- {Y} fue así
- Portuguese
- {E} foi assim
- German
- {Und} es war so
- Russian
- {И} стало так
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَكَانَ كَذَلِكَ
- Hindi
- {और} ऐसा ही हुआ
- Chinese-Simplified
- {又}就这样成了
- Korean
- {그리고} 그대로 되었다
- Indonesian
- {Dan} jadilah demikian
- Bengali
- {এবং} তেমনই হল
- Tagalog
- at naging gayon
- Swahili
- {Na} ikawa hivyo
- Amharic
- {እና} እንዲሁ ሆነ
- Yoruba
- {Ati} ó rí bẹ́ẹ̀
- Igbo
- {Na} ọ dị otu a
- Twi
- {Na} ɛyɛɛ saa
- Ewe
- {Ke} wòzu nenema
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 | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ye-hi-KHEN
- sentence
va-YO-mer e-lo-HIM tad-SHE ha-A-rets DE-she E-sev maz-RI-a ZE-ra ETS pe-RI o-SE pe-RI le-mi-NO a-SHER zar-o-VO al-ha-A-rets va-ye-hi-KHEN
In context — Genesis 1:11
God {And He} said the earth sprout vegetation plant yielding seed tree fruit bearing fruit according to its kind in which is its seed on the earth {And} it was so
About this coordinate
Genesis 1:11:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Genesis 1:11, so the Hebrew word וַֽיְהִי־כֵֽן׃ (vayehikhen) 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 Gen.1.11.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.1.11.W17.S1) and character.