Genesis 1:5:8Gen.1.5.W8PAT

וַֽיְהִי־עֶ֥רֶב

vayehierev

{And} there was evening

Transliteration
va-ye-hi-E-rev
Extended
vah-yeh-hee-EH-rehv
IPA
/waj.jə.hiː.ˈʕɛ.rɛv/

Meaning by language

English
{And} there was evening
French
{Et} il y eut un soir
Spanish
{Y} hubo tarde
Portuguese
{E} houve tarde
German
{Und} es wurde Abend
Russian
{И} был вечер
Arabic-Simplified
وَكَانَ مَسَاءٌ
Hindi
{और} शाम हुई
Chinese-Simplified
{并且}到了晚上
Korean
{그리고} 저녁이 되었다
Indonesian
{Dan} jadilah petang
Bengali
{এবং} সন্ধ্যা হল
Tagalog
at nagkaroon ng gabi
Swahili
{Na} ikawa jioni
Amharic
{እና} ማታ ሆነ
Yoruba
{Àti} ìrọ̀lẹ́ wá
Igbo
{Ma} anyasị bịara
Twi
{Na} anwummere bae
Ewe
{Eye} fiẽ ɖo

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Result
וַֽ + יְ + הִי + עֶ֥ + רֶב
va + ye + hi + e + rev
vayehierev

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
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-ye-hi-E-rev

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-ye-hi-E-rev va-ye-hi-VO-ker

  3. clause

    va-ye-hi-E-rev va-ye-hi-VO-ker YOM e-KHAD

  4. sentence

    va-yik-RA e-lo-HIM la-OR YOM ve-la-KHO-shekh ka-RA LAI-la va-ye-hi-E-rev va-ye-hi-VO-ker YOM e-KHAD

In contextGenesis 1:5

God {And He} called the light day and the darkness He called night {And} there was evening and there was morning one day

About this coordinate

Genesis 1:5:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 1:5, so the Hebrew word וַֽיְהִי־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.1.5.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.1.5.W8.S1) and character.