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

Result
וַ + תְּ + הִ֨י
va + te + hi
vatehi

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Tavt as in top
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-te-HI

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-te-HI la-HEM hal-le-ve-NA

  3. clause

    va-te-HI la-HEM hal-le-ve-NA le-A-ven veh-ha-khe-MAR ha-YA la-HEM la-KHO-mer

  4. 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 contextGenesis 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.