Genesis 10:19:1Gen.10.19.W1PAT
וֽ͏ַיְהִ֞י
vayehi
“was”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-HI
- Extended
- vah-yeh-HEE
- IPA
- /wa.jə.ˈhiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- was
- French
- fut
- Spanish
- fue
- Portuguese
- foi
- German
- war
- Russian
- была
- Arabic-Simplified
- كان
- Hindi
- थी
- Chinese-Simplified
- 是
- Korean
- 이었다
- Indonesian
- adalah
- Bengali
- ছিল
- Tagalog
- naging
- Swahili
- ilikuwa
- Amharic
- ነበረ
- Yoruba
- wà
- Igbo
- bụ
- Twi
- yɛɛ
- Ewe
- enye
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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ye-HI
- clause
va-ye-HI ge-VUL hak-ke-na-a-NI mi-tsee-DON bo-a-KHA ge-ra-RA ad-a-ZA
- sentence
va-ye-HI ge-VUL hak-ke-na-a-NI mi-tsee-DON bo-a-KHA ge-ra-RA ad-a-ZA bo-a-KHA se-DO-ma va-a-mo-RA ve-ad-MA u-tse-vo-YEEM ad-la-SHA
In context — Genesis 10:19
the territory of the Canaanites was from Sidon toward Gerar up to toward Sodom and Gomorrah and Admah and Zeboiim up to
About this coordinate
Genesis 10:19:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 10:19, so the Hebrew word וֽ͏ַיְהִ֞י (vayehi) 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.10.19.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.10.19.W1.S1) and character.