Genesis 1:14:3Gen.1.14.W3PAT

יְהִ֤י

yehi

let there be

Transliteration
ye-HI
Extended
yeh-HEE
IPA
/jə.ˈhiː/

Meaning by language

English
let there be
French
qu'il y ait
Spanish
haya
Portuguese
haja
German
es gebe
Russian
пусть будут
Arabic-Simplified
لِتَكُنْ
Hindi
हों
Chinese-Simplified
要有
Korean
있으라
Indonesian
jadilah
Bengali
হোক
Tagalog
magkaroon ng
Swahili
iwepo
Amharic
ይሁን
Yoruba
kí ó wà
Igbo
ka e nwee
Twi
ma ɛnna hɔ
Ewe
ne wòanɔ

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Result
יְ + הִ֤י
ye + hi
yehi

Alphabet Analysis

Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Word in context

  1. word

    ye-HI

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ye-HI me-o-ROT

  3. clause

    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

  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 1:14:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 1:14, so the Hebrew word יְהִ֤י (yehi) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.1.14.W3.S1) and character.