Genesis 1:6:3Gen.1.6.W3PAT
יְהִ֥י
yehi
“let there be”
- Transliteration
- ye-HI
- Extended
- yeh-HEE
- IPA
- /jə.ˈhiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- let there be
- French
- qu'il y ait
- Spanish
- haya
- Portuguese
- haja
- German
- es sei
- Russian
- пусть будет
- Arabic-Simplified
- لِيَكُنْ
- Hindi
- हो
- Chinese-Simplified
- 要有
- Korean
- 있어라
- Indonesian
- jadilah
- Bengali
- হোক
- Tagalog
- magkaroon ng
- Swahili
- kuwe na
- Amharic
- ይሁን
- Yoruba
- ki o wa
- Igbo
- ka ọ dị
- Twi
- ma ɛnsi hɔ
- Ewe
- ne wò
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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 |
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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
ye-HI
- phraseyour reading level
ye-HI ra-KI-a
- clause
va-YO-mer e-lo-HIM ye-HI ra-KI-a be-TOKH ha-MA-yim
- sentence
va-YO-mer e-lo-HIM ye-HI ra-KI-a be-TOKH ha-MA-yim vi-HI ma-ve-DIL BEIN MA-yim la-MA-yim
In context — Genesis 1:6
God {And He} said let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters and let it be separating between waters and waters
About this coordinate
Genesis 1:6:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 1:6, so the Hebrew word יְהִ֥י (yehi) 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.1.6.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.1.6.W3.S1) and character.