Genesis 10:30:1Gen.10.30.W1PAT
וַֽיְהִ֥י
vayehi
“{And} was”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-HI
- Extended
- vah-yeh-HEE
- IPA
- /wa.jə.ˈhiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And} was
- French
- {Et} fut
- Spanish
- {Y} fue
- Portuguese
- {E} foi
- German
- {Und} war
- Russian
- {И} было
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَكَانَ
- Hindi
- {और} था
- Chinese-Simplified
- {并且} 是
- Korean
- {그리고} 있었다
- Indonesian
- {Dan} adalah
- Bengali
- {এবং} ছিল
- Tagalog
- {At} ay
- Swahili
- {Na} yalikuwa
- Amharic
- {እና} ነበረ
- Yoruba
- {Sì} wà
- Igbo
- {Na} bụ
- Twi
- {Na} yɛ
- Ewe
- {Eye} nɔ
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
וַֽ + יְ + הִ֥י
↓
va + ye + hi
↓
vayehi
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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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ye-HI
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-HI mo-sha-VAM
- clause
va-ye-HI mo-sha-VAM mim-me-SHA
- sentence
va-ye-HI mo-sha-VAM mim-me-SHA bo-a-KHA se-FA-ra HAR hak-KE-dem
In context — Genesis 10:30
their dwelling {And} was from Mesha toward Sephar mountain of the east
About this coordinate
Genesis 10:30:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 10:30, so the Hebrew word וַֽיְהִ֥י (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.10.30.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.10.30.W1.S1) and character.