Genesis 1:31:7Gen.1.31.W7PAT
וֽ͏ַיְהִי־עֶ֥רֶב
vayehierev
“{And} there was evening”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-hi-E-rev
- Extended
- vah-yeh-hee-EH-rehv
- IPA
- /wa.jə.hi.ˈʕɛ.rɛv/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And} there was evening
- French
- il y eut un soir
- Spanish
- hubo tarde
- Portuguese
- houve tarde
- German
- es wurde Abend
- Russian
- был вечер
- Arabic-Simplified
- وكان مساء
- Hindi
- शाम हुई
- Chinese-Simplified
- 有晚上
- Korean
- 저녁이 되었다
- Indonesian
- ada petang
- Bengali
- সন্ধ্যা হল
- Tagalog
- nagkaroon ng gabi
- Swahili
- kulikuwa jioni
- Amharic
- ማታ ሆነ
- Yoruba
- alẹ́ wà
- Igbo
- mgbede dị
- Twi
- anwummere baa
- Ewe
- fiẽ li
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 | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ye-hi-E-rev
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-hi-E-rev va-ye-hi-VO-ker
- clause
va-ye-hi-E-rev va-ye-hi-VO-ker YOM ha-shi-SHI
- sentence
va-YAR e-lo-HIM et-kol-a-SHER a-SA ve-hin-neh-TOV me-OD va-ye-hi-E-rev va-ye-hi-VO-ker YOM ha-shi-SHI
In context — Genesis 1:31
God {And He} saw everything that he had made very and behold, good {And} there was evening and there was morning the sixth day
About this coordinate
Genesis 1:31:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 1:31, so the Hebrew word וֽ͏ַיְהִי־עֶ֥רֶב (vayehierev) 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.1.31.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.1.31.W7.S1) and character.