Genesis 11:3:9Gen.11.3.W9PAT
וַתְּהִ֨י
vatehi
“{And} became”
- Transliteration
- va-te-HI
- Extended
- vah-teh-HEE
- IPA
- /vat.təˈhiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And} became
- French
- {Et} devint
- Spanish
- {Y} llegó a ser
- Portuguese
- {E} tornou-se
- German
- {Und} wurde
- Russian
- {И} стал
- Arabic-Simplified
- وصارت
- Hindi
- {और} हो गई
- Chinese-Simplified
- {并且} 成了
- Korean
- {그리고} 되었다
- Indonesian
- {Dan} menjadi
- Bengali
- {আর} হয়ে গেল
- Tagalog
- naging
- Swahili
- {Na} likawa
- Amharic
- {እና} ሆነ
- Yoruba
- {Ati} di
- Igbo
- {Na} ghọrọ
- Twi
- {Na} yɛɛ
- Ewe
- {Eye} zu
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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-te-HI
- phraseyour reading level
va-te-HI la-HEM hal-le-ve-NA
- clause
va-te-HI la-HEM hal-le-ve-NA le-A-ven veh-ha-khe-MAR ha-YA la-HEM la-KHO-mer
- sentence
va-yom-RU ISH el-re-EH-hu HA-va nil-be-NA leh-ve-NEEM veh-nis-re-FA lis-re-FA va-te-HI la-HEM hal-le-ve-NA le-A-ven veh-ha-khe-MAR ha-YA la-HEM la-KHO-mer
In context — Genesis 11:3
each one {And} they said to his fellow come let us make bricks {And} let us burn for burning the brick {And} became for them as stone and the bitumen was for them for mortar
About this coordinate
Genesis 11:3:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 11:3, so the Hebrew word וַתְּהִ֨י (vatehi) 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.11.3.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.11.3.W9.S1) and character.