Genesis 11:20:1Gen.11.20.W1PAT
וַיְחִ֣י
vayekhi
“lived”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-KHI
- Extended
- vah-yeh-KHEE
- IPA
- /va.jəˈħiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- lived
- French
- vécut
- Spanish
- vivió
- Portuguese
- viveu
- German
- lebte
- Russian
- жил
- Arabic-Simplified
- عَاشَ
- Hindi
- जिया
- Chinese-Simplified
- 活了
- Korean
- 살았다
- Indonesian
- hidup
- Bengali
- বাঁচলেন
- Tagalog
- nabuhay
- Swahili
- aliishi
- Amharic
- ኖረ
- Yoruba
- wà láàyè
- Igbo
- biri
- Twi
- tenaa ase
- Ewe
- nɔ agbe
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
וַ + יְ + חִ֣י
↓
va + ye + khi
↓
vayekhi
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 | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| 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-KHI
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-KHI re-U
- clause
va-ye-KHI re-U she-TAI-yim u-she-lo-SHIM sha-NA
- sentence
va-ye-KHI re-U she-TAI-yim u-she-lo-SHIM sha-NA va-YO-led et-se-RUG
In context — Genesis 11:20
Reu lived two and thirty years fathered Serug
About this coordinate
Genesis 11:20:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 11:20, so the Hebrew word וַיְחִ֣י (vayekhi) 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.11.20.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.11.20.W1.S1) and character.