Genesis 1:30:14Gen.1.30.W14PAT

וַֽיְהִי־כֵֽן׃

vayehikhen

{And} it was so

Transliteration
va-ye-hi-KHEN
Extended
vah-yeh-hee-KHEHN
IPA
/wa.jə.hiː.ˈxeːn/

Meaning by language

English
{And} it was so
French
{Et} il en fut ainsi
Spanish
{Y} fue así
Portuguese
{E} foi assim
German
{Und} es war so
Russian
{И} стало так
Arabic-Simplified
{و} كان كذلك
Hindi
{और} ऐसा ही हुआ
Chinese-Simplified
{并且} 就这样成了
Korean
{그리고} 그대로 되었다
Indonesian
{Dan} jadilah demikian
Bengali
{এবং} তেমনই হলো
Tagalog
{At} nagkagayon
Swahili
{Na} ikawa hivyo
Amharic
{እና} እንዲሁ ሆነ
Yoruba
{Ati} bẹ́ẹ̀ ni ó rí
Igbo
{Na} ọ dị otu a
Twi
{Na} ɛyɛɛ saa
Ewe
{Eye} wòle nenema

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Result
וַֽ + יְ + הִי + כֵֽן׃
va + ye + hi + khen
vayehikhen

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Nun Sofitfinal form of Nun — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-ye-hi-KHEN

  2. sentence

    u-le-khol-khai-YAT ha-A-rets u-le-khol-OF ha-sha-MA-yim u-le-KHOL ro-MES al-ha-A-rets a-sher-BO NE-fesh khai-YA et-kol-YE-rek E-sev le-okh-LA va-ye-hi-KHEN

In contextGenesis 1:30

and to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the heavens and to every thing that creeps upon the earth in which is living a soul every green plant for food {And} it was so

About this coordinate

Genesis 1:30:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Genesis 1:30, 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.1.30.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.1.30.W14.S1) and character.