Genesis 1:19:2Gen.1.19.W2PAT
וַֽיְהִי־בֹ֖קֶר
vayehivoker
“there was morning”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-hi-VO-ker
- Extended
- vah-yeh-hee-VOH-kehr
- IPA
- /wa.jə.hiː.ˈvoː.qɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- there was morning
- French
- il y eut un matin
- Spanish
- hubo una mañana
- Portuguese
- houve manhã
- German
- es wurde Morgen
- Russian
- было утро
- Arabic-Simplified
- كان صباحٌ
- Hindi
- सुबह हुई
- Chinese-Simplified
- 有了早晨
- Korean
- 아침이 되었다
- Indonesian
- ada pagi
- Bengali
- সকাল হলো
- Tagalog
- nagkaroon ng umaga
- Swahili
- kukawa asubuhi
- Amharic
- ጥዋት ሆነ
- Yoruba
- òwúrọ̀ wà
- Igbo
- e nwere ụtụtụ
- Twi
- anɔpa baa
- Ewe
- ŋdi li
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
וַֽ + יְ + הִי + בֹ֖ + קֶר
↓
va + ye + hi + vo + ker
↓
vayehivoker
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 | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ye-hi-VO-ker
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-hi-E-rev va-ye-hi-VO-ker
- sentence
va-ye-hi-E-rev va-ye-hi-VO-ker YOM re-vi-I
In context — Genesis 1:19
{And} there was evening there was morning fourth day
About this coordinate
Genesis 1:19:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Genesis 1:19, so the Hebrew word וַֽיְהִי־בֹ֖קֶר (vayehivoker) 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.1.19.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.1.19.W2.S1) and character.