Genesis 11:21:1Gen.11.21.W1PAT

וַיְחִ֣י

vayekhi

lived

Transliteration
va-ye-KHI
Extended
vah-yeh-KHEE
IPA
/wa.jə.ˈħiː/

Meaning by language

English
lived
French
vécut
Spanish
vivió
Portuguese
viveu
German
lebte
Russian
жил
Arabic-Simplified
وعاش
Hindi
जीया
Chinese-Simplified
活了
Korean
살았다
Indonesian
hidup
Bengali
বেঁচে ছিল
Tagalog
nabuhay
Swahili
aliishi
Amharic
ኖረ
Yoruba
wà láàyè
Igbo
biri ndụ
Twi
tenaa ase
Ewe
nɔ agbe

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Result
וַ + יְ + חִ֣י
va + ye + khi
vayekhi

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-ye-KHI

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-ye-KHI re-U

  3. clause

    va-ye-KHI re-U a-kha-RE ho-li-DO et-se-RUG SHE-va sha-NIM u-ma-TA-yim sha-NA

  4. sentence

    va-ye-KHI re-U a-kha-RE ho-li-DO et-se-RUG SHE-va sha-NIM u-ma-TA-yim sha-NA va-yo-LED ba-NIM u-va-NOT

In contextGenesis 11:21

after he fathered Serug Reu lived seven years and two hundred year he fathered sons and daughters

About this coordinate

Genesis 11:21:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 11:21, 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.11.21.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.11.21.W1.S1) and character.