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
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
ye-HI
- phraseyour reading level
ye-HI me-o-ROT
- 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
- 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 1:14:3 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.