Genesis 1:14:12Gen.1.14.W12PAT
וְהָי֤וּ
vehayu
“and let them be”
- Transliteration
- ve-ha-YU
- Extended
- veh-hah-YOO
- IPA
- /və.haː.ˈjuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and let them be
- French
- et qu'ils soient
- Spanish
- y sean
- Portuguese
- e sejam
- German
- und seien
- Russian
- и пусть будут
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَلْتَكُنْ
- Hindi
- और हों
- Chinese-Simplified
- 并且作为
- Korean
- 그리고 되라
- Indonesian
- dan menjadi
- Bengali
- এবং হোক
- Tagalog
- at maging
- Swahili
- na iwe
- Amharic
- እና ይሁኑ
- Yoruba
- kí wọ́n sì jẹ́
- Igbo
- na ka ha bụrụ
- Twi
- na ɛnyɛ
- Ewe
- eye ne woanɔ
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ha-YU
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ha-YU le-o-TOT
- clause
ve-ha-YU le-o-TOT u-le-mo-a-DIM u-le-ya-MEEM ve-sha-NEEM
- sentence
va-YO-mer e-lo-HIM ye-HI me-o-ROT bi-re-KI-a ha-sha-MA-yeem le-hav-DIL BEN ha-YOM u-VEN ha-LAI-la ve-ha-YU le-o-TOT u-le-mo-a-DIM u-le-ya-MEEM ve-sha-NEEM
In context — Genesis 1:14
God {And He} said let there be luminaries in the expanse of the skies to separate between the day and the night and let them be for signs and for appointed times and for days and years
About this coordinate
Genesis 1:14:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Genesis 1:14, so the Hebrew word וְהָי֤וּ (vehayu) 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.1.14.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.1.14.W12.S1) and character.