Genesis 1:24:12Gen.1.24.W12PAT
וַֽיְהִי־כֵֽן׃
vayehikhen
“{And} it was so”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-hi-KHEN
- Extended
- vah-yeh-hee-KHEHN
- IPA
- /waj.jə.hiː.ˈxeːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And} it was so
- French
- {Et} il en fut ainsi
- Spanish
- {Y} así fue
- Portuguese
- {E} assim foi
- German
- {Und} so war es
- Russian
- {И} так было
- Arabic-Simplified
- وكان كذلك
- Hindi
- {और} ऐसा हुआ
- Chinese-Simplified
- {并且}就这样成了
- Korean
- {그리고} 그렇게 되었다
- Indonesian
- {Dan} demikianlah jadinya
- Bengali
- {এবং} তেমনই হল
- Tagalog
- at naging gayon
- Swahili
- {Na} ikawa hivyo
- Amharic
- {እና} እንዲሁ ሆነ
- Yoruba
- {Ati} bẹ́ẹ̀ ni ó rí
- Igbo
- {Na} ọ wee dị otu a
- Twi
- {Na} ɛyɛɛ saa
- Ewe
- {Eye} va enɛ
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
va-ye-hi-KHEN
- sentence
va-YO-mer e-lo-HIM to-TSE ha-A-rets NE-fesh kha-YA le-mi-NAH be-he-MA va-RE-mes ve-khai-to-E-rets le-mi-NAH va-ye-hi-KHEN
In context — Genesis 1:24
God {And He} said the earth bring forth living creature according to its kind livestock and creeping thing and beast of the earth according to its kind {And} it was so
About this coordinate
Genesis 1:24:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Genesis 1:24, so the Hebrew word וַֽיְהִי־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.1.24.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.1.24.W12.S1) and character.