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

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Result
וְ + הָ + י֤וּ
ve + ha + yu
vehayu

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Qametslong 'ah'
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-ha-YU

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-ha-YU le-o-TOT

  3. clause

    ve-ha-YU le-o-TOT u-le-mo-a-DIM u-le-ya-MEEM ve-sha-NEEM

  4. 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 contextGenesis 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.