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
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 | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ye-KHI
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-KHI re-U
- 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
- 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 context — Genesis 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.