Genesis 1:15:7Gen.1.15.W7PAT
וֽ͏ַיְהִי־כֵֽן׃
vayehikhen
“{And} it was so”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-HI-KHEN
- Extended
- vah-yeh-HEE-KHEHN
- IPA
- /wajəˈhiː.ˈxeːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And} it was so
- French
- {Et} il en fut ainsi
- Spanish
- {Y} fue así
- Portuguese
- {E} assim foi
- German
- {Und} so war es
- Russian
- {И} было так
- Arabic-Simplified
- {وَ}كَانَ هكَذَا
- Hindi
- {और} ऐसा ही हुआ
- Chinese-Simplified
- {并且} 就这样成了
- Korean
- {그리고} 그렇게 되었다
- Indonesian
- {Dan} demikianlah jadi
- Bengali
- {এবং} তেমনই হল
- Tagalog
- {At} naging gayon
- Swahili
- {Na} ikawa hivyo
- Amharic
- {እና} እንዲሁ ሆነ
- Yoruba
- {Àti} ó rí bẹ́ẹ̀
- Igbo
- {Na} ọ dị otu a
- Twi
- {Na} ɛyɛɛ saa
- Ewe
- {Eye} ezu ale
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
וֽ͏ַ + יְ + הִי + כֵֽן׃
↓
va + ye + hi + khen
↓
vayehikhen
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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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ye-HI-KHEN
- sentence
ve-ha-YU li-me-o-ROT bir-KI-a ha-sha-MA-yim le-ha-IR al-ha-A-rets va-ye-HI-KHEN
In context — Genesis 1:15
lights and let them be in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth {And} it was so
About this coordinate
Genesis 1:15:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 1:15, so the Hebrew word וֽ͏ַיְהִי־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.1.15.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.1.15.W7.S1) and character.