Genesis 1:3:5Gen.1.3.W5PAT
וַֽיְהִי־אֽוֹר׃
vayehior
“{And} there was light”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-HI-OR
- Extended
- vah-yeh-HEE-OHR
- IPA
- /wa.jə.ˈhiː.ˈʔoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And} there was light
- French
- {Et} il y eut de la lumière
- Spanish
- {Y} hubo luz
- Portuguese
- {E} houve luz
- German
- {Und} es gab Licht
- Russian
- {И} был свет
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَكَانَ نُورٌ
- Hindi
- {और} प्रकाश था
- Chinese-Simplified
- {于是}有光
- Korean
- {그리고} 빛이 있었다
- Indonesian
- {Dan} ada cahaya
- Bengali
- {আর} আলো ছিল
- Tagalog
- {At} nagkaroon ng liwanag
- Swahili
- {Na} ikawepo nuru
- Amharic
- ብርሃንም ነበረ
- Yoruba
- ìmọ́lẹ̀ sì wà
- Igbo
- ìhè wee dị
- Twi
- na hann wɔ hɔ
- Ewe
- eye kekeli nɔ
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
וַֽ + יְ + הִיאֽ + וֹר׃
↓
va + ye + hi + or
↓
vayehior
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 | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| 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-OR
- sentence
va-YO-mer e-lo-HIM ye-HI OR va-ye-HI-OR
In context — Genesis 1:3
God {And He} said let there be light {And} there was light
About this coordinate
Genesis 1:3:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 1:3, so the Hebrew word וַֽיְהִי־אֽוֹר׃ (vayehior) 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.1.3.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.1.3.W5.S1) and character.