Genesis 1:8:5Gen.1.8.W5PAT
וַֽיְהִי־עֶ֥רֶב
vayehierev
“{And} there was evening”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-HI-E-rev
- Extended
- vah-yeh-HEE-EH-rehv
- IPA
- /vajəˈhiː.ˈʔɛrɛv/
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} संध्या हुई
- Chinese-Simplified
- {又} 有了晚上
- Korean
- {그리고} 저녁이 되었다
- Indonesian
- {Dan} ada petang
- Bengali
- {আর} সন্ধ্যা হল
- Tagalog
- at nagkaroon ng gabi
- Swahili
- {Na} kulikuwa jioni
- Amharic
- {እና} ማታ ሆነ
- Yoruba
- {Ati} ìrọ̀lẹ́ wà
- Igbo
- {Ma} e nwere mgbede
- Twi
- {Na} anwummere baa
- Ewe
- {Eye} fiẽ va
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 she-NI
- sentence
va-yik-RA e-lo-HIM la-ra-KI-a sha-MA-yim va-ye-HI-E-rev va-ye-HI-VO-ker YOM she-NI
In context — Genesis 1:8
God {And He} called the expanse heavens {And} there was evening {And} there was morning second day
About this coordinate
Genesis 1:8:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 1:8, 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.1.8.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.1.8.W5.S1) and character.