Genesis 1:5:9Gen.1.5.W9PAT
וַֽיְהִי־בֹ֖קֶר
vayehivoker
“and there was morning”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-hi-VO-ker
- Extended
- vah-yeh-hee-VOH-kehr
- IPA
- /waj.jə.hiː.ˈvoː.qɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and there was morning
- French
- et il y eut un matin
- Spanish
- y hubo mañana
- Portuguese
- e houve manhã
- German
- und es wurde Morgen
- Russian
- и было утро
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَكَانَ صَبَاحٌ
- Hindi
- और सुबह हुई
- Chinese-Simplified
- 并且到了早晨
- Korean
- 그리고 아침이 되었다
- Indonesian
- dan jadilah pagi
- Bengali
- এবং সকাল হল
- Tagalog
- at nagkaroon ng umaga
- Swahili
- na ikawa asubuhi
- Amharic
- እና ጥዋት ሆነ
- Yoruba
- àti òwúrọ̀ wá
- Igbo
- ma ụtụtụ bịara
- Twi
- na anɔpa bae
- Ewe
- eye ŋdi 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 | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ye-hi-VO-ker
- 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 1:5:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 1:5, so the Hebrew word וַֽיְהִי־בֹ֖קֶר (vayehivoker) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.1.5.W9.S1) and character.