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
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 e-KHAD
- 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 context — Genesis 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.